Definitions for dilatation

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dilatation dil·a·ta·tion

Spelling: [dil-uh-tey-shuh n, dahy-luh-]

IPA: /ˌdɪl əˈteɪ ʃən, ˌdaɪ lə-/

Dilatation is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 336 anagrams from letters in dilatation (aadiilnott).

Definitions for dilatation

noun

1. a dilated formation or part.
2. Pathology. an abnormal enlargement of an aperture or a canal of the body.
3. Surgery. an enlargement made in a body aperture or canal for surgical or medical treatment. a restoration to normal patency of an abnormally small body opening or passageway, as of the anus or esophagus.
4. Mechanics. the increase in volume per unit volume of a homogeneous substance.

Origin of dilatation

1350-1400; Middle English (Old French) Latin dīlātātiōn- (stem of dīlātātiō), equivalent to dīlātāt(us) spread out (past participle of dīlātāre to dilate) + iōn-

Examples for dilatation

The dilatation of the heart and arteries when the blood enters them.

The symptoms of dilatation of the stomach are common to both diseases.

An aneurism is a widening or dilatation at some point of an artery.

By compression or dilatation, they are changed to double refractors of light.

It seems to be as applicable to the dilatation of the heart, as to that of an artery.

In these cases the tubular form may rather be due to dilatation than to cohesion.

There may be dilatation of the pupil, but this is not seen in all.

Formication and dilatation of the pupils are frequent symptoms.

The dilatation is due to interference with the venous circulation in the liver.

The systole of the heart means its contraction: the diastole of the heart means its dilatation.