Usually means: Swelling or enlargement from pressure.
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  1. distension: Merriam-Webster
  2. distension: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. distension: Collins English Dictionary
  4. distension: Vocabulary.com
  5. distension: Wordnik
  6. distension: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. distension: Wiktionary
  8. distension: Dictionary.com
  9. Distension: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Distension: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. distension: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. distension: Rhymezone
  13. Distension: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. distension: FreeDictionary.org
  15. distension: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. distension: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. distension: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. distension: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. distension: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Distension: MedFriendly Glossary
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  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. distension: Medical dictionary

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noun:  The act of distending.

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