distensions
Expansions from pressure
Distensions is the plural of distension, which refers to the state of being stretched, swollen, or expanded beyond normal size.
The term appears most often in medical contexts to describe abnormal enlargement of body parts, particularly the abdomen: The patient presented with abdominal distensions following surgery.
Outside medicine, distensions can describe any bulging or swelling caused by internal pressure.
Increase in scope
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- inflationSustained price level increase
- bulgingSwelling outward visibly
- enlargementIncrease in size
ballooning · dilation · protrusion · swelling · elasticity · membrane · surface · volume
Abnormal tissue enlargement
- bloatingSwollen, expanded state
- abdominalOf the belly region
- edemaPathological tissue puffiness
- inflammationProtective tissue response
tympany · ascites · gastric · intestinal · bladder · venous · pathological · palpation
expansion
Increase in scope
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- inflationSustained price level increase
- bulgingSwelling outward visibly
enlargement · ballooning · dilation · protrusion · swelling · elasticity · membrane · surface · volume · pressure
swelling
Abnormal tissue enlargement
inflammation · tympany · ascites · gastric · intestinal · bladder · venous · pathological · palpation · diagnosis
stomach
Digestive organ below chest
bladder · uterine · vascular · arterial · venous · rectal · esophageal · cardiac · pulmonary · tissue
distensionscontractions
Shortened word forms
compressions · constrictions · shrinkages · deflations · collapses
distensionsrelaxations
Acts of loosening tension
slackening · laxity · flaccidity · looseness