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Dilation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dilation? [n] the act of expanding an aperture; "the dilation of the pupil of the eye" [n] a lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dilation: dilatation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dilation: aggrandizement \| amplification \| ballyhoo \| big talk \| bloat \| bloatedness \| bloating \| blowing up \| boil \| bump \| bunion \| burlesque \| carbuncle \| caricature \| corn \| cyst \| development \| diastole \| dilatation \| distension \| dropsy \| edema \| elaboration \| enhancement \| enlargement \| exaggerating \| exaggeration \| excess \| exorbitance \| expansion \| expatiation \| explication \| extravagance \| extreme \| flatulence \| flatulency \| flatus \| furuncle \| gassiness \| grandiloquence \| heightening \| huckstering \| hyperbole \| hyperbolism \| inflation \| inordinacy \| intumescence \| lump \| magnification \| meteorism \| overemphasis \| overestimation \| overkill \| overstatement \| pimple \| pock \| prodigality \| profuseness \| puff \| puffery \| puffiness \| puffing \| puffing up \| pustule \| rising \| sebaceous cyst \| sensationalism \| stretching \| superlative \| swell \| swellage \| swelling \| swollenness \| tall talk \| touting \| travesty \| tumefaction \| tumescence \| tumidity \| tumidness \| tumor \| turgescence \| turgescency \| turgidity \| turgidness \| tympanism \| tympany \| unfolding \| wen \| windiness \| working-out See Also \| discourse \| discussion \| enlargement \| expansion \| mydriasis \| treatment \| vasodilation Dilation In Webster's Dictionary \Dila"tion\, n. [L. dilatio. See {Dilatory}.] Delay. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. \Dila"tion\, n. [From dilate, v., cf. {Dilatation}, {Dilator}.] The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation. --Mrs. Browning. At first her eye with slow dilation rolled. --Tennyson. A gigantic dilation of the hateful figure. --Dickens.

Dilation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dilation?

[n] the act of expanding an aperture; "the dilation of the pupil of the eye"
[n] a lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dilation: dilatation

Dilation In Webster's Dictionary

\Di*la"tion\, n. [L. dilatio. See {Dilatory}.]
Delay. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.


\Di*la"tion\, n. [From dilate, v., cf. {Dilatation},
{Dilator}.]
The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated;
expansion; dilatation. --Mrs. Browning.

      At first her eye with slow dilation rolled. --Tennyson.

      A gigantic dilation of the hateful figure. --Dickens.

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