Capable of being distended or stretched; able to be expanded.
From Latin distensus (stretched apart, from distendere) + -ible (suffix meaning capable of). The -ible suffix comes from Latin.
The suffix -ible appears in familiar words like 'possible' and 'flexible,' making distensible sound technical but actually following a very old and regular English pattern for describing what things can do.
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