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DISTENSIBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does distensible mean?
• DISTENSIBLE (adjective)
The adjective DISTENSIBLE has 1 sense:
1. capable of being distended; able to stretch and expand
Familiarity information: DISTENSIBLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being distended; able to stretch and expand
Context example:
the stomach is a distensible organ
Similar:
expansive (able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion)
Derivation:
distend (become wider)
Context examples
The distensible sac-like organ that functions as a reservoir of urine, collecting from the kidneys and eliminating via the urethra.
(Bladder, NCI Thesaurus)
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