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Dilator   Listen
noun
Dilator  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, widens or expands.
2.
(Anat.) A muscle that dilates any part.
3.
(Med.) An instrument for expanding a part; as, a urethral dilator.





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"Dilator" Quotes from Famous Books



... conducting fibres are pressed upon. This is associated with evanescent anaesthesia for temperature and pain, while tactile sensibility is preserved. There is retention of urine and faeces, and in young men, priapism. As the fibres which supply the dilator pupillae are involved, the pupils are contracted. The symptoms gradually subside as the extravasated blood is re-absorbed, sensation being restored before motion, and recovery may ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles


Words linked to "Dilator" :   body part, dilater, vasodilator, vasodilative, dilate, surgical instrument, drug


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