become distended
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The suction tube was left in to draw off gas lest he become distended and disrupt his wound.
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
On the contrary, says Lapides, it causes the bladder to become distended, with its walls taut and blood circulation diminished.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the same time, the testicles of the male fish, which are contained within the abdominal cavity, become distended with developed zoösperms.
From Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg
There are small appendages attached to the roots, which become distended with air, and thus carry the plant aloft to the surface, during the cool season.
From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Sir James Emerson Tennent
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