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    distend

    distend - Dictionary definition and meaning for word distend

    Definition
    (verb) become wider
    Synonyms : dilate
    Example Sentence
    • His pupils were dilated
    Definition
    (verb) cause to expand as it by internal pressure
    Example Sentence
    • The gas distended the animal's body
    Definition
    (verb) swell from or as if from internal pressure
    Example Sentence
    • The distended bellies of the starving cows
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for distend

try to relate it with dis means distance and extend means to expand.

This(DIS) Tent(TEND) can expand easily

dis(apart) + tend(stretch) So distend means to stretch apart or expand.

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