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distended

Pronunciation:  di'stendid

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  1. [adj]  abnormally expanded or increased in size; (`swollen' is sometimes used in combination); "distended wineskins"; "the need to clean out swollen inventories"; "the raisins were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked"; "huge blood-swollen mosquitoes"
  2. [adj]  abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
 
 Synonyms: bloated, expanded, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid, unhealthy
 

 

 

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