Both Uses of
distend
in
Arrowsmith
- He looked like a distended hot-water bottle; he was magnificently imbecile; he believed everything, he knew nothing, he could memorize nothing; and anxiously he forgave the men who got through the vacant hours by playing jokes upon him.†
Chpt 2
- With the distended lungs, the spleen and kidneys and liver, the assistant made wavy smears on glass slides which were stained and given to the class for examination.†
Chpt 4 *
Definition:
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(distend) to extend -- especially the swelling outward of a part of the body; e.g., the stomach