Distended
61engorged — Absolutely filled; distended with fluid. SEE ALSO: congested, hyperemic. [O. Fr. fr. Mediev. L. gorgia, throat, narrow passage, fr. L. gurges, a whirlpool] * * * en·gorged (en gorjdґ) distended or swollen with fluids …
62patulous — SYN: patent. [L. patulus, fr. pateo, to lie open] * * * pat·u·lous pach ə ləs adj spread widely apart: wide open or distended <a patulous eustachian tube> pat·u·lous·ness n * * * pat·u·lous (patґu ləs) [L. patulus] spreading widely… …
63syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …
64tumid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. turgid, swollen, distended, enlarged; protuberant, bulging; bombastic, pompous, inflated; teeming, bursting. See convexity, expansion. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Swollen] Syn. bulging, distended,… …
65turgid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See tumid. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Swollen] Syn. bloated, distended, puffy; see enlarged , inflated . 2. [Pompous] Syn. bombastic, pompous, grandiloquent, purple*; see bombastic . See Synonym… …
66puffy — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Windy] Syn. airy, gusty, breezy; see windy 1 . 2. [Conceited] Syn. egocentric, pompous, mettlesome; see egotistic 2 . 3. [Swollen] Syn. distended, expanded, blown; see full 1 , increased , inflated . II (Roget s 3… …
67swollen — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. distended, puffed, swelled; see enlarged , inflated . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. enlarged, distended, bloated, puffy, puffed up, bulging, inflated, edemic, tumid, turgid. ANT.: deflated, contracted, shrunken III… …
68distend — dis|tend [dıˈstend] v [I and T] formal to swell or make something swell because of pressure from inside >distended adj ▪ a distended stomach >distension [ ˈtenʃən] n [U] technical …
69distend — verb (I, T) to swell or make something swell because of pressure from inside distended adjective: a distended stomach distension / tenSFn/ noun (U): technical …
70distend — UK [dɪˈstend] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms distend : present tense I/you/we/they distend he/she/it distends present participle distending past tense distended past participle distended to swell, or to make something swell …
