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Definition of Dilatable
1. a. Capable of expansion; that may be dilated; -- opposed to contractible; as, the lungs are dilatable by the force of air; air is dilatable by heat.
Definition of Dilatable
1. Adjective. That can be dilated ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dilatable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dilatable
Literary usage of Dilatable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Practice of Physic: Exhibiting the Characters, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Thomas (1813)
"... parts are • sufficiently dilatable to allow the introduction of the hand
without improper force. In all cases during the last stage of pregnancy, ..."
2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1886)
"If the operation is done without delay the os is dilated or dilatable. The fingers
are best to insert. Tents should be avoided ; dilators may be used. ..."
3. A Handbook to Old Testament Hebrew: Containing an Elementary Grammar of the by Samuel Gosnell Green (1901)
"OF FINAL AND 'dilatable' LETTERS. 13. The five letters marked (9) in column A of
the Alphabetical Table assume a different form when they stand at the end ..."
4. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"The quality of admitting- extension. dilatable, dé-là'lâ-Ы. a. (405). Capable of
extension. ... dilatable ..."
5. The Medical Times and Gazette (1885)
"The cases I »elect are eyes with entirely opaque lensee, active, easily dilatable
pupils, and apparently (with the exception of the cataract) healthy in ..."
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