1. The act of distending; the state of being distended; space occupied by the thing distended.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• distration,
• distination,
• distiction,
• distrution,
• distyention,
• descention,
• distubtion,
• distenstion,
• distnation,
• dentention,
• distaction,
• distrotion,
• disention,
• discention,
• distenation,
• distotion,
• distesion,
• destention,
• destenation,
• distintion

• distension,
• distinction,
• dissident,
• distinct,
• distensible,
• detention,
• distemper,
• distinctness,
• dissidence,
• Distended,
• distant,
• distinctly,
• distend,
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The adverb form of "distention" is "distendedly".

The adjective form of the word "distention" is "distended".

The plural of the "distention" can be the "distentions".

The singular of the "distention" can be the "distention".