Abdomen: distended, rigid upper abdomen, with absent bowel sounds.
Distended with gas.
This showed the stomach to
grossly distended
with a large food residue.
Distended bellies.
Distended with blood, the ensuing beat is much more forceful than if the chambers were initially empty.
We all saw her next day
so distended
that she was unable to walk.
Distended dysfunctional bowel.
Several hours elapsed post mortem before this cadaver was frozen and the colon is
greatly distended
with gas.
Distended bladder
or rectum.
Some of the blood vessels have collapsed post mortem and the gut lumen is
often distended
with gas.
Distends the stomach
to allow the doctor to have a better view of the gullet.
With some systemic diseases the gall bladder becomes pale in color and sometimes
also distended.
Distend the veins
and select the best one.
Manhattan is
grotesquely distended, with out of scale skyscrapers sprouting from the litter-strewn earth like gigantic metallic penises.
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