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Meaning of 'distention' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Distention [ n.]
- 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.
- Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.

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