distensible
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The bladder is a highly distensible organ comprised of irregular crisscrossing bands of smooth muscle collectively called the detrusor muscle.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The large lumens and relatively thin walls of veins make them far more distensible than arteries; thus, they are said to be capacitance vessels.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
That neck of his was so very, very long, and though distensible enough on the whole, sometimes he encountered difficulties that it was almost impossible to surmount.
From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Gordon Stables
Upon this flexible anterior part there are four short but distensible tentacles.
From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Gary N. (Gary Nathan) Calkins
She has made them soft and distensible, so that an apparent physical impossibility could take place, though it is often accompanied by intense suffering.
From Sex Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English by Henry Stanton
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word