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
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
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
