Meaning of DILATATION
| Pronunciation: | | `dilu'teyshun
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] the act of expanding an aperture; "the dilation of the pupil of the eye"
- [n] the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions
|
| |
| | Websites: | | |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | dilation, distension |
| |
| | See Also: | | ectasia, ectasis, enlargement, expansion, mydriasis, physiological condition, physiological state, varicocele, vasodilation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Dil`a*ta"tion\, n. [OE. dilatacioun, F. dilatation,
L. dilatatio, fr. dilatare. See {Dilate}, and cf. 2d
{Dilation}.]
1. Prolixity; diffuse discourse. [Obs.] ``What needeth
greater dilatation?'' --Chaucer.
2. The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al? sides;
the state of being dilated; dilation.
3. (Anat.) A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other
organ.
|
| |
|
|