distended

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English

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Etymology

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Past participle of distend.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈstɛndɪd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: dis‧tend‧ed
  • Rhymes: -ɛndɪd

Adjective

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distended (comparative more distended, superlative most distended)

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

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Verb

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distended

  1. simple past and past participle of distend

Spanish

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Verb

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distended

  1. second-person plural imperative of distender