distended
adjective
dis·tend·ed
di-ˈsten-dəd
: enlarged, expanded, or stretched out (as from internal pressure)
The abdomen was mildly distended with moderate tenderness …—Timothy Melester et al.
Pre-Columbian jewelry worn in a large hole made in a greatly distended earlobe.—H. Newman
And she began to preen herself and to rearrange her feathers, while Daggie lay down again on his distended stomach and gazed out the doorway.—Dick King-Smith
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