Definition of "distension" [dis•ten•sion]

• The act of distending. (noun)

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• "As a bloated corpse swells and its distended belly explodes, sending guts flying and Booth retching, Bones does a happy dance: You rarely get to actually see a body rupture from distension."
• "During this first seventy-two hours, she does not pass urine and her bladder distension only worsens, so I press a needle into her abdomen just above the pubic bone."
• "It was at that point that his abdomen expanded, little by little, darkening toward blackness as the distension increased."