Sentence example with the word 'distension'

distension

bloat, bump, dilatation, flatulence, intumescence, overextension, puff, snapping point, swellage, tumidity, turgidness

Definition n. the act of expanding by pressure from within

Last update: August 3, 2015


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Flatulent distension in the stomach or bowels is partly due to air which has been swallowed and partly to gas which has been formed by the decomposition of food.   [Please select]

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_--There is some distension of the abdomen, but no accumulation of gas.   [Please select]

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As the distension and pain occur immediately after the animal has drunk the water, there can be no doubt as to the exciting cause.   [Please select]

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The symptoms generally are obscure; for in the majority of instances the distension of the bladder will simply aggravate the general uneasiness.   [Please select]

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