Distention is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 383 anagrams from letters in distention (deiinnostt).
1375-1425; late Middle English distensioun Latin distentiōn- (stem of distentiō), equivalent to distent(us) distent + -iōn- -ion
This seems to be due to the distention of the stomach, either by gas or by liquid.
distention of the seminal vesicles with a superabundance of seminal fluid also acts as a source of irritation.
The other is by the contraction and distention of the midriff or diaphragm.
Involucres as many, 1-fruited, each a distention of the lobe.
The distention of the ccum is nearly uniform, the right sacculation being only slightly larger than the left.
The larv are hatched in the abdomen of the female, which is capable of distention.
Emphysema is a distention of the tissues with air or other gases.
Some hours later the distention of the stomach will float the body.
But the distention evoked a long wail which was at once drowned in another one.
In the stages of echoing fear, yawning occurs, and the distention of the pupils may be noticed as the emotion develops.