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become distended
verb as in swell
Strong matches
Example Sentences
They can also become distended by forcing too much inside at once, which describes this "adios" season.
When you hold in urine for too long, your bladder may become distended, increasing your risk for bladder infections.
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.
The capillaries and larger vessels thus become distended, and an escape of liquid and solid constituents of the blood takes place.
By the middle of May his banded throat, with its double gorget of black and white, has become distended like a jargonelle pear, the rich glossy-black plumes at the back long and hackle-like.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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