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[ adjective ] abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas

Examples

"hungry children with bloated stomachs" "he had a grossly distended stomach" "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids" "swollen hands" "tumescent tissue" "puffy tumid flesh"

Related terms

unhealthy

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[ adjective ] abnormally expanded or increased in size; (`swollen' is sometimes used in combination)

Synonyms

swollen

Examples

"distended wineskins" "the need to clean out swollen inventories" "the raisins were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked" "huge blood-swollen mosquitoes"

Related terms

combining_form expanded

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