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distensile, a.|dɪˈstɛnsaɪl, -ɪl| [f. as prec. + -ile, on L. type *tensil-is.] = distensible. Also, capable of distending or causing distension.
1738Stuart Muscular Motion ii. 27 in Phil. Trans XL, If the vessel be distensile, it will distend it. Ibid. iii. 48 Carried on in extensile and distensile blood-vessels. 1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 337 Over the whole of this tumour could be felt well-marked distensile pulsation. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 560/2 As a result of these fibrous changes there is interference with the blood current, since the vessels become unyielding yet frangible, instead of distensile and elastic, tubes. 1907Practitioner Nov. 621 This distensile force would have been amply sufficient to cause dilatation of the ventricular cavity. 1910Ibid. Apr. 482 Forcible inflation under pressure may also be done by compressing the india-rubber tube between the distensile bulb and the proximal glass tube. |