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Distended meaning
Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen. | gravid.
Example sentences (17)
A year after we brought him home, his stomach began to bloat, and within a week his distended abdomen resembled the shape of a small football.
Even after Taylor had collapsed in her own vomit and had an abdomen that was 'extremely distended so that it was noticeable to others,' staff continued to ignore her.
In more severe cases, dehydration is severe, the animal will usually be laying down, the abdomen is markedly distended, and the animal is noticeably uncomfortable (groaning and grinding of teeth).
Employees there were unaware of her condition because part of her disability was a distended abdomen.
And, of course, North Korea shares a long, distended frontier with China and Russia.
Her puppies showed signs of a heavy worm burden due to extremely distended bellies,” according to the ISPCA.
The best track is the stunning “Discreet Music,” which casts a series of spells over its distended 30-minute duration.
The strategic canon teaches that a force defending a long, distended line takes on a challenge of unforeseen proportions.
Above the level of the obstruction, there are several loops of hypertrophied bowel distended with fluid.
A new style of art from this period shows people with exposed ribs and distended bellies, indicative of malnutrition, and it is around this time that many islanders moved to living in fortified caves and the first signs of warfare and cannibalism appear.
Between his eyebrows there was a vein which distended when he was angry.
Haliotis asinina has a somewhat different shape, as it is more elongated and distended.
On examination, signs of chronic liver disease such as spider angiomata (small distended blood vessels, usually on the chest) may be observed.
The classic finding is pulsus paradoxus as well as Beck's triad (low arterial blood pressure, distended neck veins, & soft heart sounds).
The explanation from Beethoven's autopsy was that he had a "distended inner ear," which developed lesions over time.
The patient should also be catheterized to test for and, if necessary, drain an over-distended bladder.
When the heart rate increases and more blood must flow through the lungs, capillaries are recruited and are also distended to make room for increased blood flow.