Distensive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Distensive is an adjective meaning Distending, or capable of being distended; expanding or spreading out.
Meaning
Distending, or capable of being distended; expanding or spreading out.
Example Sentences
distensive headache
distensive paralysis
distensive opposition
—. distensive deformations in the Apennines and the Tyrrrhenian basin: behind the compressive front one may rapidly pass to distensive deformations.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include distendable, distensile, distensible, expandatory, dilatant, stretchable.
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