dis·tend·ed
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Definition of distended
: enlarged, expanded, or stretched out (as from internal pressure)
The abdomen was mildly distended with moderate tenderness …— Timothy Melester et al. Pre-Columbian jewelry worn in a large hole made in a greatly distended earlobe.— H. Newman And she began to preen herself and to rearrange her feathers, while Daggie lay down again on his distended stomach and gazed out the doorway.— Dick King-Smith
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“Distended.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distended. Accessed 15 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of distended was in 1578
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