distend
verb (used with or without object)
to expand by stretching, as something hollow or elastic.
distensibility
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a word derived from
distend.
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a word derived from
distensible.
Example Sentences
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Pulse wave velocity was measured by impedance cardiography, while carotid intima-media thickness and carotid artery distensibility were measured by carotid ultrasonography.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2024
In general, where white fibrous tissue abounds, structures are held together, and there is flexibility, but little or no distensibility.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
The balance of intra-ocular pressure is not maintained by the slight distensibility of the sclero-corneal coat.
From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Willis O. Nance
Dr. Jackson virtually puts aside the volumetric theory with his statement, that "the balance of intra-ocular pressure is not maintained by the slight distensibility of the sclero-corneal coat."
From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Willis O. Nance
