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Webster 1913 Edition


Distention

Dis-ten′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
distentio
: cf. F.
distension
.]
1.
The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended;
as, the
distention
of the lungs
.
2.
Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.

Webster 1828 Edition


Distention

DISTENTION

,
Noun.
[L.]
1.
The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being distended; as the distention of the lungs or bowels.
2.
Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.
3.
An opening, spreading or divarication; as the distention of the legs.

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distention

distention

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distention (countable and uncountable, plural distentions)

  1. The act of distending.

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