distended

English

Etymology

From Latin distendō (“I stretch out, extend”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈstɛndɪd/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Hyphenation: dis‧tend‧ed
  • Rhymes: -ɛndɪd

Adjective

distended (comparative more distended, superlative most distended)

  1. Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen.
  2. (biology) gravid.

Translations

Verb

distended

  1. simple past tense and past participle of distend

Spanish

Verb

distended

  1. second-person plural imperative of distender
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