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Definition

to extend — especially the swelling outward of a part of the body; e.g., the stomach

One method of declawing is to severe the tendon that allows the claws to distend.

distend = extend

She remembered the distended bellies of the starving cows.

distended = swollen

The surgeon uses irrigation fluid to distend the joint to create room to operate.

distend = extend

During laparoscopy carbon dioxide gas is injected into the abdominal cavity to distend it so that organs can be viewed more easily.

distend = extend

"Han," rasped Theresa then, eyes wide.
Helen froze.
The moment distended.
[when Theresa awakened at the hospital]
Gish Jen -- Typical American

distended = extended (seemed longer)

Other boys were appearing now, tiny tots some of them, brown, with the distended bellies of small savages.
William Golding -- Lord of the Flies

distended = swollen

...the eyelids, now more closely welded to the eyeball, now distended;
Albert Camus -- The Plague

distended = extended or swollen

...that's why she's distended like a summer gourd.
Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter

distended = extended or swollen

"Give him air. He's fainted."
The ring of onlookers distended and closed again elastically.
James Joyce -- Dubliners

distended = extended outward

He will soon begin to gorge his prey, and slowly but surely it will disappear down that distended maw!
Johann Wyss -- The Swiss Family Robinson

distended = extended or swollen

He was in trouble, his abdomen distended and his nose and ears hot.
John Steinbeck -- Travels with Charley

distended = swollen (sticking out)

As Scabior said it, Harry's scar, which was stretched tight across his distended forehead, burned savagely.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

distended = extended or swollen

He felt her belly, not through the shirt but under it, his fingertips cold and rough like bark on her distended skin.
Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns

distended = sticking out (extended or swollen)

Dan used the steak knives, darning needles, hair curlers, and nylon line, all properly sterilized, and removed an appendix distended and near to bursting.
Pat Frank -- Alas, Babylon

distended = extended or swollen

the dusty, heavily distended, black-tarred wineskin that hung neck down from the wall
Ernest Hemingway -- For Whom the Bell Tolls

distended = extended (swollen outward)

She chewed quietly and steadily; at regular intervals a small distension passed smoothly down her throat.
William Faulkner -- The Sound and the Fury

distension = swelling

(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)

Like a shark preparing to take bait, the goblin's jaws distended.
Henry H. Neff -- The Maelstrom

distended = extended

He stood on the distended belly of the mule for a platform and made gestures.
Zora Neale Hurston -- Their Eyes Were Watching God

distended = extended outward

She was misshapen; her belly, tight and heavy and distended, made it impossible for her to stand without supporting herself with her hands.
John Steinbeck -- East of Eden

distended = extended or swollen

In Cite Soleil, where people live in huts the size of outhouses with sewage creeping between their toes, a boy with a distended belly sits with the flies.
Rick Bragg -- All Over but the Shoutin'

distended = swollen

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