distensible
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of distensible
1820–30; < Latin distēns ( us ) (past participle of distendere; distend- distend + -tus past participle suffix) + -ible
Example Sentences
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The large lumens and relatively thin walls of veins make them far more distensible than arteries; thus, they are said to be capacitance vessels.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The bladder is a highly distensible organ comprised of irregular crisscrossing bands of smooth muscle collectively called the detrusor muscle.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
However, they arbitrarily classed as adults all individuals 22.5 mm. in length or larger, having found individuals this small that showed the darkened and distensible throat pouches characteristic of adult males.
From Field Study of Kansas Ant-Eating Frog by Fitch, Henry S.
The darkened and distensible throat pouch of the adult male probably is the best available indicator of sexual maturity.
From Field Study of Kansas Ant-Eating Frog by Fitch, Henry S.
As babyhood advances in boyhood and boyhood into youth, the prepuce gradually becomes lax and distensible, and in proportion to the existence of these conditions it also loses in its length.
From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles
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