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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISTENTION

n.[L.] 1. The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being distended; as the distention of the lungs or bowels.
2. Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.
3. An opening, spreading or divarication; as the distention of the legs.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISTENTION

Dis *ten "tion, n. Etym: [L. distentio: cf. F. distension. ]

1. The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs.

2. Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.