DILATATION
\da͡ɪlɐtˈe͡ɪʃən], \daɪlɐtˈeɪʃən], \d_aɪ_l_ɐ_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DILATATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Prolixity; diffuse discourse.
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A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.
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The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al sides; the state of being dilated; dilation.
By Oddity Software
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Prolixity; diffuse discourse.
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A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.
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The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al sides; the state of being dilated; dilation.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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dilatatio, from dilatare, dilatatum, (latum facere.) 'to enlarge;' Eurysmus, Aneurysmus, Dieurysmus. Augmentation of the bulk of body, occasioned by separation of some of its molecules. Caloric has the property of dilating all bodies. In Surgery, it means the accidental or preternatural augmentation of canal or opening: as in aneurisms, varices, &c., or the process of enlarging any aperture or canal. When used so as to obtain view of parts, as by the speculum, it is termed Dioptrismus.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The act or process of producing or undergoing enlargement as the result of an expansive force acting from within or of a tractile force acting from without.
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An expanded portion of a hollow structure.
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Expansion produced by heat.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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