distended
Puffed up abnormally
Distended describes something abnormally swollen or stretched outward from internal pressure.
A distended abdomen bulges from gas, fluid, or obstruction.
The bloated corpse was distended beyond recognition.
The word applies to hollow organs and body parts—stomachs, bladders, veins—that have expanded past their normal capacity.
Swelled from excess
- swollenAbnormally enlarged
- balloonedExpanded suddenly outward
- engorgedSwollen from excess filling
- bulgingSwelling outward visibly
puffed · expanded · enlarged · turgid · inflated · puffy · tumescent · protuberant
bloated
Swelled from excess
bulging · puffed · expanded · enlarged · turgid · inflated · puffy · tumescent · protuberant · dilated
edematous
Abnormally swollen with fluid
congested · ascites · dropsy · lymphedema · herniated · prolapsed · aneurysm · bowel · intestinal · abdominal
taut
Stretched under tension
tensed · pressurized · overfilled · bursting · stuffed · gorged · crammed · packed · brimming · overflowing
- fullnessfull, empty, half-full, filled, half-empty
- sensationstaste, touch, smell, sound, pain
- circulationblood, circulation, arteries, veins, bloodstream
distendeddeflated
Emptied of pressure
collapsed · compressed · shrunken · contracted · constricted