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distensile

[dih-sten-sil]

adjective

  1. distensible.

  2. serving to distend.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of distensile1

1730–40; < Latin distēns ( us ) (past participle of distendere to distend ) + -ile
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Example Sentences

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This was considered a blood effusion; it was not obviously distensile, and pulsation was very slight.

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