2. Verb. (rare medicine) To dilate. ¹
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Definition of Dilatate
1. dilated [adj]
Medical Definition of Dilatate
1. In medicine, dilatate means the same thing as dilate , namely to enlarge or expand. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dilatate
Literary usage of Dilatate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readings on the Inferno of Dante: Based Upon the Commentary of Benvenuto Da by Dante Alighieri, William Warren Vernon, Edward Moore (1906)
"dilatate falde : Dr. Moore (Studies in Dante i, p. 22) observes that among other
ways Dante shows his familiarity with Scripture by the introduction of ..."
2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1893)
"Lower side of posterior femora with two punctures, very dilatate in middle and
forming a strong obtuse projection ; posterior ..."
3. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1896)
"... sulcate on base- Anterior femora with posterior margin of lower side strongly
dilatate in middle, tibia; 4-dentate. TMe. of species. ..."
4. Botanical Commentaries by Jonathan Stokes (1830)
"... dilatate above ; heads laciniate filamentose; filaments moniliform, composed
of microscopic granules. Pistil somewhat shorter than the petals. ..."
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