redistendv.
/ˌriːdᵻˈstɛnd/, U.S. /ˌridəˈstɛnd/ Medicine.
transitive. To inflate, expand, or distend (an organ, structure, etc.) again. Also intransitive: to inflate, expand, or distend again.
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > inhale [verb (transitive)]
to suck inc1220
drawa1300
inbreathea1382
to draw ina1398
to take in1495
inhaust1547
fetch1552
fet1556
imbreathe1574
to breathe in1576
attract1582
suck?1614
inspirate1615
imbibe1621
inspire1666
redistend1684
inhale1725
embreathe1867
indraw1883
1684 R. Waller tr. Ess. Nat. Exper. Acad. del Cimento 65 An Acurate Anatomist..at first could not find the Lungs [of a frog], they were so shrunk up together for want of the air: but by blowing with a Straw in at the Ductus by which they breathe under their Tongue, they were redistended [It. si dispiegarono].
1827 Lancet 25 Aug. 656/2 The uterus did not contract immediately; blood was poured into its cavity, so as to redistend it.
1857 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 147 112 As often as these cysts lose their fluid by exposure, they can be redistended by a fresh application of moisture.
1882 Lancet 8 Apr. 567/2 The lung is redistended and restored to the exercise of its normal functions.
1936 E. L. Quinn & C. L. Jones Carbon Dioxide v. 140 This collapse which seems to be a stage in pneumonia was quickly stopped and the lung redistended when carbon dioxide was administered.
1975 Toxicol. & Appl. Pharmacol. 32 518 The urinary bladder was evacuated of urine..and was redistended with..neutral buffered formalin.
2000 Obstetr. & Gynecol. 95 1040/1 Three days later, the fetal bladder had redistended.
2005 Jrnl. Neurol. 252 575 Carotid arteries were ligated and redistended to a physiological degree for standardised three-plane arteriography.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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