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How to pronounce “distention”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of distention with real speech in context.
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- Aphrodisiacs, Fertility and Medicine in Early Modern England
But though in boys, erection or distention of the penis may
- Definition summary
- Alternative form of distension (“the act of distending”).
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How to pronounce distention
Aphrodisiacs, Fertility and Medicine in Early Modern England

But though in boys, erection or distention of the penis may
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- Alternative form of distension (“the act of distending”).
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