Synonyms for "distension" (69 found)

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Closest matches (14)

dilatationbloatbloatednessbloatingblowing upboilbreaking pointbumpbunioncarbunclecorncystdiastole

Noun(1 words)

dilatation

Strong matches (21)

dilationdistentiondropsyedemaexpansionextensionextreme tensionflatulenceflatulencyflatusfurunclegassinessinflationintumescencelumpmeteorismoverdistensionoverdrawingoverexpansionoverextension

Noun(1 words)

distention

Related words (34)

overstrainoverstrainingoverstretchingpimplepockpuffpuffinesspuffingpustulerisingsebaceous cystsnapping pointstrainstrainingstretchstretchingswellswellageswellingswollenness

Show 14 more words

tensiontumefactiontumescencetumiditytumidnesstumorturgescenceturgescencyturgidityturgidnesstympanismtympanywenwindiness

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

5 entries

enlargementexpansionphysical conditionphysiological conditionphysiological state

Synonyms

2 entries

dilatationdistention

derived

3 entries

hydrodistensionhyperdistensionoverdistension

related to

1 entries

distend

Translations

14 translations across 7 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries

• اِنْتِفَاخ noun (the act or occasion of distending or swelling)
• نَفْخ noun (the act or occasion of distending or swelling)

Bulgarian

2 entries

• разтегляне noun (the act or occasion of distending or swelling)
• разширение noun (the act or occasion of distending or swelling)

Greek

2 entries

• διάταση noun (the act or occasion of distending or swelling)
• διαστολή noun (the act or occasion of distending or swelling)

Hungarian

3 entries

• felfúvódás noun (the act or occasion of distending or swelling)
• felpuffadás noun (the act or occasion of distending or swelling)
• puffadás noun (the act or occasion of distending or swelling)

Māori

2 entries

• koeketanga noun (the act or occasion of distending or swelling)
• rerena noun (the act or occasion of distending or swelling)

Spanish

1 entries

• distensión noun (the act or occasion of distending or swelling)

Ukrainian

2 entries

• розтягнення noun (the act or occasion of distending or swelling)
• розширення noun (the act or occasion of distending or swelling)

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