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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: distention n : the act of expanding by pressure from within [syn: {distension}]
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