Emphasizes that distention is caused by pressure from within rather than external forces.

Interior Pressure

Use when describing a noticeable change in size or shape of an object or part.

Physical Change

Can describe things that swell in a non-literal sense, like emotions or tension.

Metaphorical Use

Refers specifically to the swelling of body parts, usually due to pathology or treatment.

Medical Expansion

Used in medical or scientific discussions to describe a precise condition or observation.

Technical Term

Can indicate the severity of a medical condition, such as acute inflammation.

Indicates Severity

 and this naturally leads to more gas than usual. But if you feel uncomfortable, bloated or visibly distended, this may indicate impaired movement of gas along the gastrointestinal track. It's important not to just blame certain foods for gas and bloating and then avoid them.

Why do we pass gas? -...

 and there were flies on his face and a distended belly. And he wasn't going to make it, and I knew that, and I was helpless. Some of you remember that picture, not exactly that picture, one just like it. It introduced the West to grinding poverty around the world.

A conservative's plea:...

 problem with this vision of a world order is it closes our minds to what is really happening and that's that Africans are able to take care of their own affairs this iconic image of the starving African child with the distended belly and the flies on the

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