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.

 

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