become distended
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On the contrary, says Lapides, it causes the bladder to become distended, with its walls taut and blood circulation diminished.
From Time Magazine Archive
Onik says it works only for a "contained" rupture -- a disk that has become distended but has not yet broken through the fibers that hold its contents in place.
From Time Magazine Archive
The suction tube was left in to draw off gas lest he become distended and disrupt his wound.
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Retention and Exudation Cysts.—Retention cysts develop when the duct of a secreting gland is partly obstructed; the secretion accumulates, and the gland and its duct become distended into a cyst.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Thus these are impaired in their resisting power, and are far more likely to become distended by any force acting on them from within.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
