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Distension

//dɪsˈtɛnʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of distending. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of expanding by pressure from within wordnet
  3. 3
    the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French; cf. Latin distentio.

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