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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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Between 14 and 19 weeks of pregnancy, a process known as surgical dilatation and evacuation may be used.
In the resection specimen, irregular zones of fibrosis and a dilatation of the glandular excretory duct system were grossly evident.
In the varicose pattern, the extent of bronchial dilatation is greater, and constrictions and sacculations are present.
The researchers investigated the dilatation changes in the brachial artery using high resolution magnetic resonance imaging.
Call it what you will, dilatation and evacuation, or partial-birth abortion, it's still a gruesome procedure.
A pulsating aorta may mean neurasthenia, thinness, anemia, exophthalmic goitre, aortic insufficiency, aneurism, dilatation, or tumor.

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