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
Hyla bistincta differs from other members of the group in having vocal slits and a distensible vocal sac.
From A Review of the Frogs of the Hyla bistincta Group by Duellman, William E.
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)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.