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Sentence example with the word 'distention'
distention
Definition
n.
the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions
Last update: October 31, 2015
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Watson, it is capable of
distention
to a certain extent.
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But the
distention
evoked a long wail which was at once drowned in another one.
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"3 Increased
distention
of the intestine with gas and fluid, when it should be empty."
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By this excess of heat it obtains a larger
distention
, and inflates the balloon more.
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This may be repeated several times, as demanded, to relieve the cow from the injurious
distention
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A similar full
distention
of the bag with a common-salt solution (0.)
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