physogastry
noun
phy·so·gas·try
variants or less commonly physogastrism
ˌ⸗⸗ˈgaˌstrizəm
plural physogastries also physogastrisms
: the condition (as of some termitophiles) of having the abdomen greatly distended compare stenogastry
Word History
Etymology
physogastry International Scientific Vocabulary phys- + gastr- + -y; physogastrism from phys- + gastr- + -ism