Distention: The state of being distended, enlarged, swollen from internal pressure. For example, on inhalation there is distention of the lungs due to the increased air pressure within the lungs. The word distention comes from a Latin root tendere, to extend. The word tendon comes from the same root.
He and Lady Mary Crawley entered a tumultuous eight-year relationship ending with Matthew's second proposal in early January 1920. Mary finally accepts, five and a half years after the first. They get married in May 1920 and lived together in Downton Abbey.
Talk0 Share. Edith Pelham (nÃ©e Crawley), Marchioness of Hexham, (b. 1892) is the second daughter of Robert and Cora Crawley, sister of Ladies Mary, and the late Sybil, granddaughter of Violet Crawley, sister-in-law of Tom Branson, Henry Talbot, and the late Matthew Crawley; and the aunt to her niece, Sybbie Branson, and her nephew, George Crawley.