distended

Example Sentences

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To actually feel intoxicated, a chimp would need to eat so much fruit that its stomach would become painfully distended.

From Science Daily

His eye looked "very distended, swollen," he said.

From BBC

He still had the slightly distended belly and sagging skin which indicate malnutrition in children.

From BBC

Cardiac activity can influence auditory and visual perception, and touch and sensory perceptions have been shown to be impaired during the systolic phase of the cardiac cycle when blood vessels are briefly distended.

From Science Daily

He was severely jaundiced with a distended belly.

From BBC