distended
dis·ten·ded
adjective
1.
2.
abnormally expanded or increased in size; (`swollen'' is sometimes used in combination)
- “distended wineskins”
- “the need to clean out swollen inventories”
- “the raisins were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked”
- “huge blood-swollen mosquitoes”
Origin
Past participle of distend.
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