be distended

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When the nostril shall be distended, the mouth agape, the eyes fixed and bloodshot; and when the proud and noble knight may be trodden on by the lowest caitiff of this accursed castle, yet stir not when the heel is lifted up against him
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A surgical review confirmed him to be distended, tympanic, with upper abdominal tenderness and scanty bowel sounds.
Incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia as a cause of acute abdomen
The baggot's vent will be distended and if you gently palpate its belly you will feel it full of spawn.
CARE NEEDED; RECORD ANGLING
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