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distensive

distensive adjective: distending, or capable of being distended; expanding or spreading out.

Adjective

distensive (comparative more distensive, superlative most distensive)

  1. Distending, or capable of being distended; expanding or spreading out.
    • distensive paralysis
    • distensive opposition

Forms of distensive

comparativemore distensive
superlativemost distensive

Questions about distensive

What does distensive mean?
Distensive means distending, or capable of being distended; expanding or spreading out.
What part of speech is distensive?
Distensive is an adjective.

Words near distensive in the dictionary

  1. distensibility
  2. distensible
  3. distensile
  4. distension
  5. distensions
  6. distensive
  7. distent
  8. distention
  9. distentions
  10. distents
  11. dister

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