Distend - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: distendDistensive
Distending or capable of being distended...
Distention
The act of distending the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions the state of being Distended as the distention of the lungs...
balloonfish
A fish of the genus Diodon such as Diodon holocanthus or the genus Tetraodon having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus It is similar to but smaller than the porcupinefish See Globefish and Bur fish...
Bloated
Distended beyond the natural or usual size as by the presence of water serum etc turgid swollen as a bloated face Also puffed up with pride pompous...
Blown
Swollen inflated distended puffed up as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas...
Bur fish
A spinose plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States esp Chilo mycterus geometricus having the power of distending its body with water or air so as to resemble a chestnut bur called also ball fish balloon fish and swellfish...
Dilate
To expand to distend to enlarge or extend in all directions to swell opposed to contract as the air dilates the lungs air is dilated by increase of heat...
Distend
To extend in some one direction to lengthen out to stretch...
Distensible
Capable of being distended or dilated...
Distent
Distended...
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