Dictionary of English language
ABC-Word.com
We will find the definition for any word
We can help you solve a crossword puzzle

Defenition of the word distended

    • Defenition of the word distended

      • abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
      • abnormally expanded or increased in size; (`swollen' is sometimes used in combination); "distended wineskins"; "the need to clean out swollen inventories"; "the raisins were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked"; "huge blood-swollen mosquitoes"
      • abnormally expanded or increased in size; (`swollen'' is sometimes used in combination); "distended wineskins"; "the need to clean out swollen inventories"; "the raisins were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked"; "huge blood-swollen mosquitoes"

    Synonyms for the word distended

      • bloated
      • inflated
      • puffed
      • puffy
      • swollen
      • tumescent
      • tumid

    Similar words in the distended

      • distended
      • expanded
      • unhealthy

    See other words