'Distension' definitions:
Definition of 'distension'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of expanding by pressure from within [syn: distention, distension]
noun
The state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions [syn: dilatation, distension, distention]
Definition of 'Distension'
From: GCIDE
- Distension \Dis*ten"sion\, n. Same as Distention. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'distension'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bloat,
- bloatedness,
- bloating,
- blowing up,
- boil,
- breaking point,
- bump,
- bunion,
- carbuncle,
- corn,
- cyst,
- diastole,
- dilatation,
- dilation,
- dropsy,
- edema,
- extension,
- extreme tension,
- flatulence,
- flatulency,
- flatus,
- furuncle,
- gassiness,
- inflation,
- intumescence,
- lump,
- meteorism,
- overdistension,
- overdrawing,
- overexpansion,
- overextension,
- overstrain,
- overstraining,
- overstretching,
- pimple,
- pock,
- puff,
- puffiness,
- puffing,
- pustule,
- rising,
- sebaceous cyst,
- snapping point,
- strain,
- straining,
- stretch,
- stretching,
- swell,
- swellage,
- swelling,
- swollenness,
- tension,
- tumefaction,
- tumescence,
- tumidity,
- tumidness,
- tumor,
- turgescence,
- turgescency,
- turgidity,
- turgidness,
- tympanism,
- tympany,
- wen,
- windiness