verb
definition
To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell
definition
To extend; to stretch out; to spread out.
definition
To cause to swell.
definition
To cause gravidity.
Examples of distending in a Sentence
Middle Saccamoeba showing contractile vacuole (CV) distending the uroid, and the nucleus (N ).
Middle Saccamoeba showing contractile vacuole (CV) distending the uroid, and the nucleus (N).
When obstruction occurs, regardless of cause, food, gas, and secretions from within the intestine will accumulate above the point of obstruction, bloating (distending) the affected portion of intestine.
They practise tattooing, and show Papuan influence by distending the ear-lobes by the insertion of wooden disks.