Distensibility

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Capability of swelling or stretching countable, uncountable

    "The major issue here is simply one of comparative size of the penetrating object (hand, wrist, forearm) to the size and distensibility of that which is being penetrated."

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"The major issue here is simply one of comparative size of the penetrating object (hand, wrist, forearm) to the size and distensibility of that which is being penetrated."

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