distensibility

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noun

Capability of swelling or stretching

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Meanings

noundistensibility (countable and uncountable, plural distensibilities)

plural distensibilities

  1. countableuncountableCapability of swelling or stretching

    The major issue here is simply one of comparative size of the penetrating object (hand, wrist, forearm) to the size and distensibility of that which is being penetrated.

    1976 April 17, Dr. Reder, “To Your Health”, in Gay Community News, page 12
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APA

distensibility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distensibility

MLA

“distensibility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distensibility. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “distensibility,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distensibility.

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