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   distend

   /dɪˈstɛnd/

   verb

   • 1. swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside: "the abdomen distended rapidly"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin distendere, from dis- ‘apart’ + tendere ‘to stretch’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. distensible adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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