- dilatation, distension, distention - the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions
--1 is a kind of physiological state, physiological condition
--1 has particulars: tympanites; ectasia, ectasis; varicocele - distention, distension - the act of expanding by pressure from within
--2 is a kind of expansion, enlargement
Derived forms: verb distend2, verb distend1, verb distend3