Painted vases are about all that remains of Greek painting. Pottery making was a large industry in Greece, especially in Athens. Containers were in great demand for exports, such as oil and honey, and for household purposes. The earliest style of vase painting was known as the geometric style (1100-700 B.C.).
transitive verb. 1 : extend the main outlines of the land yet lay clearly distended before them â Norman Douglas. 2 : to enlarge from internal pressure : swell a distended abdomen. intransitive verb. : to become expanded causing the stomach to distend.
Ascites (pronounced ah-site-eez) is the abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen. This extra fluid causes the belly to become swollen and distended. Cancer accounts for approximately 10% of all cases of ascites and can occur when cancer has spread to the abdominal lining (peritoneum) from its original site.