noun
Meaning 1
The act of distending.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
distension
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/dɪsˈtɛnʃən/
noun
Meaning 2
the act of expanding by pressure from within
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: distention
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expansion, enlargement
noun
Meaning 3
the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dilatation, distention
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition
Narrower terms: tympanites, ectasia, ectasis, varicocele
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French; cf. Latin distentio.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: نَفْخ (nafḵ) — the act or occasion of distending or swelling
- Arabic: اِنْتِفَاخ (intifāḵ) — the act or occasion of distending or swelling
- Bulgarian: разтегляне (raztegljane) — the act or occasion of distending or swelling
- Bulgarian: разширение (razširenie) — the act or occasion of distending or swelling
- Greek: διάταση (diátasi) — the act or occasion of distending or swelling
- Greek: διαστολή (diastolí) — the act or occasion of distending or swelling
- Hungarian: felfúvódás — the act or occasion of distending or swelling
- Hungarian: puffadás — the act or occasion of distending or swelling
- Hungarian: felpuffadás — the act or occasion of distending or swelling
- Māori: koeketanga — the act or occasion of distending or swelling
- Māori: rerena — the act or occasion of distending or swelling
- Spanish: distensión — the act or occasion of distending or swelling
- Ukrainian: розтягнення (roztjahnennja) — the act or occasion of distending or swelling
- Ukrainian: розширення (rozšyrennja) — the act or occasion of distending or swelling