distensive

English

Adjective

distensive (comparative more distensive, superlative most distensive)

1. Distending, or capable of being distended; expanding or spreading out.

   distensive paralysis

   distensive opposition

   distensive headache

   • 2013, F.-C. Wezel, The Origin of Arcs, page 313:

     —. distensive deformations in the Apennines and the Tyrrrhenian basin: behind the compressive front one may rapidly pass to distensive deformations.

References

• “distensive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• dissentive

Italian

Adjective

distensive

1. feminine plural of distensivo

Anagrams

• disinveste