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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the act of expanding by pressure from within;
[syn: distention, distension]

2. the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions;
[syn: dilatation, distension, distention]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Distension \Dis*ten"sion\, n.
   Same as Distention.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

distension
    n 1: the act of expanding by pressure from within [syn:
         distention, distension]
    2: the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions [syn:
       dilatation, distension, distention]