distensibility

8.8

How easily a body part or tissue stretches when you press it

noun
/dɪˌstɛn.sɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/

Specialized

: distensibilidad

The distensibility of human skin allows it to accommodate changes in body size.

Examples

Doctors assess the distensibility of blood vessels to ensure proper circulation.
Technical difficulties include identification of the breast-duct orifices, determining the distensibility of the duct, and developing a reliable technique to obtain washings.

Academic text (1999)
The distensibility of the balloon increased as it was filled with air.

Synonyms

stretch

vsdistensibility

Specialized

33 2.5

The ability of a material to be pulled without breaking

highlights widening under pressure instead of lengthening and recovery

extensibility

vsdistensibility

Specialized

7.2

How easily a material or tissue can stretch without breaking

is about widening when pressure is applied rather than lengthwise change

stretchiness

vsdistensibility

2.8

A thing that can become longer or wider without breaking

focuses on expansion from pressure rather than being pulled long

expandability

vsdistensibility

Specialized

6.1

The quality of gases becoming larger and filling their container

concerns tissues widening under pressure rather than gas volume increase

Antonyms

inflexibility

5.3

Not able to bend the body or joints easily

How Stretchable

distensibility

Specialized

8.8

elasticity

Specialized

6 4.5

suppleness

1 4.5

stiffness

13 3.9

Surface Forms

distensibility singular

distensibilities plural

Morphology

distensibility = distensible (transparent) = distend + ible + ity

Formed by a standard nominalization (-ity) of the adjective 'distensible', yielding 'the quality/ability to be distended'.

Etymology

Distensibility comes from the parts dis- meaning 'apart' and tend meaning 'to stretch', the same root you see in tension and extend. So, distensibility is the ability of something to stretch or expand when pressure is applied.