distended
adjective
[ dɪˈstɛndɪd ]
• swollen due to pressure from inside; bloated.
• "a distended belly"
distend
verb
• swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside.
• "the abdomen distended rapidly"
Similar:
swell,
bloat,
bulge,
puff out/up,
blow up/out,
expand,
dilate,
inflate,
enlarge,
tumefy,
intumesce,
swollen,
bloated,
tumescent,
dilated,
engorged,
enlarged,
inflated,
stretched,
blown up,
pumped up/out,
expanded,
extended,
ballooning,
puffy,
puffed up,
bulbous,
bulging,
protuberant,
prominent,
sticking out,
turgescent,
ventricose,
tumid,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin distendere, from dis- ‘apart’ + tendere ‘to stretch’.
