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distensible

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dis·ten·si·ble  (d-stns-bl)
adj.
That can be distended: a fish with a distensible stomach.
dis·tensi·bili·ty n.
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Adj.1.distensible - capable of being distended; able to stretch and expand; "the stomach is a distensible organ"
expansive - able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion; "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire"


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The womb, the shape and size of a small upside-down pear, has been regarded primarily as an incubator, a muscular and distensible baby sac that can become, in the words of one gynecologist, a ``nuisance'' after childbearing.
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