Definition of Distender

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distender

distemper
distemper virus
distemperance
distemperances
distemperate
distemperately
distemperature
distemperatures
distempered
distempering
distemperment
distemperments
distempers
distend
distended
distender
distenders
distending
distends
distensibility
distensible
distension
distensions
distent
distention
distention cyst
distention ulcer
distentions
distermination
disthene

Literary usage of Distender

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Catalogue of Artificial Teeth, Dental Materials, Instruments, Tools by Claudius Ash, Sons and Company, Claudius Ash & Sons (1880)
"6 LIP PROTECTOR AND MOUTH Distender, for keeping the mouth distended during many operations upon the teeth. An elastic band is fastened to metal hooks and ..."

2. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1888)
"A MODIFICATION OF THE "PERINEUM Distender " TO AVOID ITS INTERFERENCE WITH ... Distender," I have found the strap which passes under the nape of the neck ..."

3. Diseases of the Throat: A Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Affections by Jacob Solis Cohen (1872)
"Trouble of this kind, however, is infrequent, and the practitioner will rarely have occasion for the nse of a month distender; though it may be mentioned in ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1894)
"... binds them to a chair tilted backward, raises the chair slowly to the upright position, places a mouth distender in position, draws the palate forward, ..."

5. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1817)
"... the distender [л] ч ГС«, я. the-tenant may plead, that the ancestor of the demandant ex- isE-3- changed .the land with the tenant for other lands taken ..."

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