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Distended

Distended Meaning & Definition
Distended Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Distended?

[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"
[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 | Synonyms for Distended: bloated | expanded | puffed | puffy | swollen | tumescent | tumid | turgid | unhealthy

Related Terms | Find terms related to Distended: adipose | bagging | baggy | ballooning | beefy | bellying | big-bellied | billowing | billowy | bloated | blown up | blowzy | bosomy | brawny | bulbose | bulbous | bulging | bumped | bumpy | bunched | bunchy | burly | bursting | buxom | choked | chubby | chunky | congested | corpulent | crammed | crowded | dilated | drenched | dropsical | dumpy | edematous | enchymatous | fat | fattish | filled to overflowing | flatulent | fleshy | full | gassy | glutted | gorged | gross | heavyset | hefty | hillocky | hippy | hummocky | hyperemic | imposing | in spate | incrassate | inflated | jammed | jam-packed | lusty | meaty | moutonnee | obese | overblown | overburdened | overcharged | overfed | overflowing | overfraught | overfreighted | overfull | overladen | overloaded | overstocked | overstuffed | oversupplied | overweight | overweighted | packed | paunchy | plethoric | plump | pneumatic | podgy | portly | potbellied | pouching | pudgy | puffed up | puffy | pursy | ready to burst | roly-poly | rotund | rounded | running over | satiated | saturated | soaked | square | squat | squatty | stalwart | stocky | stout | strapping | stuffed | stuffed up | supercharged | supersaturated | surcharged | surfeited | swelled | swelling | swollen | thick-bodied | thickset | top-heavy | tubby | tumid | turgid | ventose | verrucated | verrucose | warty | well-fed | windy

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