distend

/dis'tend/
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  1. swell from or as if from internal pressure
    • The distended bellies of the starving cows
  2. cause to expand as it by internal pressure
    • The gas distended the animal's body
  3. become wider
    • His pupils were dilated

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distend
The doctor observed that the patient's abdomen was distended.