distensibility
Ability to expand
Distensibility is the capacity to be stretched or expanded, particularly in medical contexts referring to organs and tissues.
A bladder has high distensibility—it stretches to accommodate volume.
Blood vessels lose distensibility with age, becoming stiffer.
The quality matters whenever something must expand and contract: The distensibility of the lungs affects breathing capacity.
Adhering to requirements
- extensibilityCapacity for adding features
- stretchabilityCapacity to elongate
- expandabilityCapacity for enlargement
- giveTo transfer possession
recoil · snapback · springiness · bounciness · rubberiness · sponginess · stretch · expansion
Ability to bend easily
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
- bendabilityCapacity to flex
- ductilityAbility to stretch unbroken
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
pliantness · plasticity · deformability · softness · compressibility · squeezability · workability · conformability
Adhering to requirements
- capacitanceElectrical charge storage measure
- arterialOf major vessels
- venousOf certain blood vessels
- aorticOf the main artery
cardiac · pulmonary · vessel · lumen · blood pressure · vasodilation
Regaining what was lost
- bouncebackRecovery from adversity
- reboundReturn after deflection
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- restorationReturning something to condition
regeneration · elasticity · toughness · durability · robustness · endurance · adaptability · recoverability
Of tooth sockets
- thoracicOf the chest region
- chest wallRibcage and surrounding tissue
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
- inflationSustained price level increase
ventilation · surfactant · airway · bronchial · pleural
compliance
Adhering to requirements
- extensibilityCapacity for adding features
- stretchabilityCapacity to elongate
- expandabilityCapacity for enlargement
give · recoil · snapback · springiness · bounciness · rubberiness · sponginess · stretch · expansion · contractility
pliability
Ability to bend easily
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
- bendabilityCapacity to flex
- ductilityAbility to stretch unbroken
malleability · pliantness · plasticity · deformability · softness · compressibility · squeezability · workability · conformability
compliance
Adhering to requirements
- capacitanceElectrical charge storage measure
- arterialOf major vessels
- venousOf certain blood vessels
aortic · cardiac · pulmonary · vessel · lumen · blood pressure · vasodilation
recovery
Regaining what was lost
- bouncebackRecovery from adversity
- reboundReturn after deflection
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
restoration · regeneration · elasticity · toughness · durability · robustness · endurance · adaptability · recoverability
alveolar
Of tooth sockets
- thoracicOf the chest region
- chest wallRibcage and surrounding tissue
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
inflation · ventilation · surfactant · airway · bronchial · pleural
distensibilityrigidity
State of being unbending
stiffness · inflexibility · inelasticity · incompressibility · firmness
distensibilityrigidity
State of being unbending
noncompliance · stiffness · hardness · unyieldingness · intractability
intense, tense, tension, intensity, distend, distended, distention, distension, distensible