Dis*ten`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or capacity of being distensible. [R.]

Dis*ten"si*ble (?), a. Capable of being distended or dilated.

Dis*ten"sion (?), n. Same as Distention.

Dis*ten"sive (?), a. Distending, or capable of being distended.

Dis*tent" (?), a. [L. distentus, p. p. See Distend.] Distended. [Poetic] Thomson.

Dis*tent", n. Breadth. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Dis*ten"tion (?), n. [L. distentio: cf. F. distension.] 1. The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs.

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