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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions;
[syn: dilatation, distension, distention]

2. the act of expanding by pressure from within;
[syn: distention, distension]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Distention \Dis*ten"tion\, n. [L. distentio: cf. F. distension.]
   1. 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.
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   2. Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.
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