Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen. / (biology) gravid.

simple past tense and past participle of distend

(intransitive) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell / (transitive, reflexive, archaic) To extend; to stretch out; to spread out. / (transitive) To cause to swell.

present participle of distend

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distend

One who, or that which, distends.

plural of distender

Capable of being distended.

In a distended manner.