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What does dilatation mean?

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Noun
  1. Prolixity; diffuse discourse.
  2. The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on all sides; the state of being dilated
  3. A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.
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Ten of 12 patients with predominantly extrinsic compression of the central airways underwent dilatation using a high-pressure balloon catheter.
Interventional paediatric cardiology mainly involves dilatation of stenotic vessels or valves and occlusion of abnormal communications.
In the resection specimen, irregular zones of fibrosis and a dilatation of the glandular excretory duct system were grossly evident.
The researchers investigated the dilatation changes in the brachial artery using high resolution magnetic resonance imaging.
The key components of this malformation include hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis and cystic dilatation of the 4th ventricle.
A Bartholin's gland may become enlarged from cystic dilatation, abscess, or adenocarcinoma.

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