Definition of Distend. Meaning of Distend. Synonyms of Distend

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Definition of Distend

Distend
Distend Dis*tend", v. i. To become expanded or inflated; to swell. ``His heart distends with pride.' --Milton.

Meaning of Distend from wikipedia

- Look up distension in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Distension (spelled distention in many style regimens) generally refers to an enlargement, dilation...
- Compliance is the ability of a hollow organ (vessel) to distend and increase volume with increasing transmural pressure or the tendency of a hollow organ...
- The jugular venous pressure (JVP, sometimes referred to as jugular venous pulse) is the indirectly observed pressure over the venous system via visualization...
- obstruction and the resultant urinary stasis (disruption of urine flow) can distend the ureter (hydroureter) and cause a reflexive peristaltic smooth muscle...
- Gastric distention is the enlargement of the stomach, and can be due to a number of causes.[citation needed] Physiologic (normal) gastric distension occurs...
- The capacitor plague was a problem related to a higher-than-expected failure rate of non-solid aluminium electrolytic capacitors between 1999 and 2007...
- stomach, but prevent its escape from the mouth. The anglerfish is able to distend both its jaw and its stomach, since its bones are thin and flexible, to...
- alternation in single-stem and compound word distend with unaspirated t, distaste (dis-taste) with aspirated t: [dɨˈstɛnd dɨsˈtʰeɪst] Problems playing these files...
- there may not be actual abdominal distension. Abdominal distension (or "distended abdomen") can be a sign of many other conditions, including: Ascites Capillaria...
- Caput medusae is the appearance of distended and engorged superficial epigastric veins, which are seen radiating from the umbilicus across the abdomen...