distention (sm)
Posted By: anon on 2008-08-13
In Reply to: There is no neck vein "distention or distension". nm - thanks
Subject: distention (sm)
distention,
(n) a state of dilation.
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distention...........................nm
Subject: distention...........................nm
distention or distension
Ok, heres my sentence,
I don’t detect any distension of the urinary bladder.
Is it distension or distention. I looked it up and it says the same definition for both, but am wondering which I should use in a medical report.
Thanks in advance.
According to Dorland's(*), it is distention (nm)
Subject: According to Dorland's(*), it is distention (nm)
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jugular venous distention? NM
Subject: jugular venous distention? NM
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Another interesting term is distention. (sm)
Subject: Another interesting term is distention. (sm)
There are 2 spellings for distention, but the medical references say spell it as above, not the alternate spelling - distension. I see that a lot of MTs have not noticed that one, either.
As was posted earlier, distention is
Subject: As was posted earlier, distention is
correct for medical purposes.
Some posts got moved around and their responses were misplaced.
jugular distention???? scler does not make sense to me (nm)
Subject: jugular distention???? scler does not make sense to me (nm)
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there "are" no masses, distention, hepatosplenomegaly... I question the "fixed" hernia p
Subject: there "are" no masses, distention, hepatosplenomegaly... I question the "fixed" hernia part of the sentence
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