Distend

dis-tend′, v.t. to stretch in all directions: to swell.— v.i. to swell.— n. Distensibil′ity , capacity for distension.— adjs. Disten′sible , that may be stretched; Disten′sive , capable of stretching or of being stretched; Distent′ ( Spens. ), distended.— ns. Disten′tion , Disten′sion , act of distending or stretching: state of being stretched: ( rare ) breadth. [Fr.,—L. distendĕre — dis , asunder, tendĕre , tensum or tentum , to stretch.]