become distended
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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.
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
There is sometimes a tendency to constipation, and for the bladder to become distended, although he has no difficulty in passing water.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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
