different between bloating vs distension

bloating

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?bl??t??/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?blo?t??/

Verb

bloating

  1. present participle of bloat

Noun

bloating (plural bloatings)

  1. A bloated condition; distention.
    • 1914, Canada Lancet (volume 47, page 371)
      The bloatings, the bowel distentions, the torments from gas retention, the inability to expel flatus, are all conspicuously absent and if present are so in a mild degree.

Translations

Anagrams

  • bog Latin, oblating, obligant

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distension

English

Alternative forms

  • distention

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French; cf. Latin distentio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d?s?t?n??n/

Noun

distension (countable and uncountable, plural distensions)

  1. The act of distending.

Translations

Anagrams

  • dissention, tendinosis

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