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Webster 1913 Edition
Dilator
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
Webster 1828 Edition
Dilator
DILATOR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
dilator
dilator
English
Noun
dilator (plural dilators)
- (anatomy) Any nerve or muscle that causes part of the body to dilate
- (medicine) Any drug that causes such dilation
- (medicine) An instrument used to dilate an orifice or cavity
Latin
Verb
dīlātor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of dīlātō
References
- dilator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dilator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dilator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.