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Distention
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.
(2):
(n.) The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Distention'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/distention.html. 1828.