distend

1. V-T/V-I If a part of your body is distended, or if it distends, it becomes swollen and unnaturally large. 腫脹[醫(yī)學] [正式]

Through this incision, the abdominal cavity is distended with carbon dioxide gas. 通過此切口，二氧化碳氣體把胸腔充得腫脹起來。

The colon, or large intestine, distends and fills with gas. 結(jié)腸，也叫大腸，內(nèi)部填滿氣體膨脹起來。

2. distendedADJ

...an infant with a distended belly. ...一個肚子腫脹的嬰兒。