Definitions for dilatations

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dilatations dil·a·ta·tion

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

IPA: /ˌdɪl əˈteɪ ʃən, ˌdaɪ lə-/

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

You can make 694 anagrams from letters in dilatations (aadiilnostt).

Definitions for dilatations

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 dilatations

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 dilatations

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

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.

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

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

Formication and dilatation of the pupils are frequent symptoms.

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

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

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

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