Distention - Law Dictionary Search Results

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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...

A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen due to spasm obstruction or distention of some one of the hollow viscera...

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Distended...

The act or process of inflating or the state of being inflated as with air or gas distention expansion enlargement...

Flatulent distention of the abdomen tympanites...

The state of being excessively or abnormally full so as to cause overflow distention or congestion excess of fullness surfeit...

A distention of the scrotum by air also hernia of the lungs...

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