distensible

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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

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

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 Stanton, Henry

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 Stables, Gordon

Peter, the snake, loafing contentedly about the carpet, found himself seized by what the Encyclopaedia calls the "distensible gullet" and looked up reproachfully.

From Indiscretions of Archie by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)