distention or distension
Posted By: Carla on 2007-12-14
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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.
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