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dilatation

/dil-uh-tey-shuhn, dahy-luh-/US // ˌdɪl əˈteɪ ʃən, ˌdaɪ lə- //

膨大,扩张,膨胀,膨大剂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a dilated formation or part.
    • : Pathology. an abnormal enlargement of an aperture or a canal of the body.
    • : 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.
    • : Mechanics. the increase in volume per unit volume of a homogeneous substance.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inprolongation
as inprotraction
as inextension

Examples

  • Patients in need of therapeutic dilatation of this sort often need a redo every year or two as scarring reaccumulates.

  • It is delayed in most organic diseases of the stomach, especially in dilatation and carcinoma, but not in neuroses.

  • After subcutaneous or local application, a dilatation neutralised by physostigmine in moderate doses.

  • Severing the same part causes paralysis of the vaso-motor nerves and dilatation of the blood-vessels.

  • The caloric that penetrates a living body produces dilatation there; that is to say, universal movement.

  • The first labor is generally more tedious than the succeeding ones, owing to the slower dilatation of the parts.