Definition of Distending

1. Verb. (present participle of distend) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Distending

1. distend [v] - See also: distend

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distending

distemperance
distemperances
distemperate
distemperately
distemperature
distemperatures
distempered
distempering
distemperment
distemperments
distempers
distend
distended
distender
distenders
distending (current term)
distends
distensibility
distensible
distension
distensions
distent
distention
distention cyst
distention ulcer
distentions
distermination
disthene
disthenes
disthrone

Literary usage of Distending

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

1. The Principles and practice of operative surgery by Stephen Smith (1887)
"The danger of wounding the peritoneum has been much diminished by the device of distending the rectum, which elevates the peritoneal folds from the pelvis ..."

2. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1830)
"One of the incisions was hurst open hy the distending force ah interno, ... or some hody within distending it. The os uteri heing distended, ..."

3. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen, Marcus Beck, Raymond Johnson (1895)
"... by the limb on forcibly distending th right hip-Joint with Huid. capsule is inflamed. It has also been pointed out by Barker that in full extension "the ..."

4. Treatise on the Diseases of Women: For the Use of Students and Practitioners by Alexander Johnston Chalmers Skene (1897)
"Urethra laid open with probes distending the glands (posterior wall divided). Upon each side, near the floor of the female urethra, there are two tubules ..."

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