distended

English

Etymology

From Latin distendō (“I stretch out, extend”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈstɛndɪd/

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• Hyphenation: dis‧tend‧ed
• Rhymes: -ɛndɪd

Adjective

distended (comparative more distended, superlative most distended)

1. Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen.
2. (biology) gravid.

Translations

extended or expanded

• Bulgarian: раздут (bg) (razdut), разширен (bg) (razširen)
• Czech: opuchlý, oteklý (cs), odulý
• Finnish: ajettunut, turvonnut (fi), paisunut (fi)
• German: gebläht (de)
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• Latin: distentus
• Maori: tenga
• Turkish: şişmiş

(biology) gravid

• Finnish: odottava (fi)
• German: aufgetrieben (de), schwanger (de)
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• Turkish: gebe (tr), hamile (tr)

Verb

distended

1. simple past and past participle of distend

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Spanish

Verb

distended

1. second-person plural imperative of distender