Distention

Word DISTENTION
Character 10
Hyphenation dis ten tion
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The stomach distention is a bitch, but not having to worry about one's next meal for a week is a bonus. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sharp division of the gall-bladder causes no pain, but distention, which is the gall-bladder's most common pathologic state, produces pain. ❋ Unknown (1915)

This sensation reaches its climax with the expulsion of the semen into the urethra and the consequent feeling of distention, which is instantly followed by the rhythmic peristaltic contractions of the urethral muscles which mark the climax of the orgasm. ❋ Havelock Ellis (1899)

Snyder justified the secrecy because Eisenhower, since 1945, had suffered from “recurrent attacks of lower abdominal pain and distention.” ❋ David A. Nichols (2011)

The use of water to produce suffocation was less common than the use of water to produce stomach distention to my knowledge. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He had stretched the elasticity out of them, and with their distention had passed his endurance. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is this obsession with, distention and corruption of, beauty that gives rise to the imagined master races of the KKK, the Nazis, the Khmer Rouge, the Hutu Akazu, the Taliban. ❋ G. Roger Denson (2010)

This says that the Weyl curvature, that portion of the Riemann curvature involved with tidal forces and the distention of material into ellipsoidal configurations, increases with time. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In adults, common symptoms can include abdominal distention -- a "bloated" feeling -- and intestinal discomfort ranging from bouts of flatulence to chronic severe pain. ❋ Steve Carper (2008)

For what breathes the oxygenating energy of the spirit's revival across the transformation from "— r embers" to "r (em) embers" is a phonemic distention not unlike that which, in ❋ Unknown (2008)

I suspect that the majority of posters claiming that now that Hillary is out of the race they are going to vote for McCain are actually GOP operatives looking to sow distention in the democratic party to make it appear there is a movement. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It is this obsession with, distention and corruption of, beauty that gives rise to the KKK, the Nazis, the Khmer Rouge, the Hutu Akazu, the Taliban. ❋ G. Roger Denson (2010)

The earliest signs of meconium ileus are abdominal distention (a swollen belly), bilious (green) vomit and no passage of meconium. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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