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
The nerves controlling the circulation of the eye are partially paralyzed, and thus the relaxed vessels become distended.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
Cohnheim states that after a sudden venous obstruction, in case an efficient collateral circulation does not interfere, the capillaries and small veins become distended with stagnant blood and appear as masses of red blood-corpuscles.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
