Definition of Dilated

1. a. Expanded; enlarged.

Definition of Dilated

1. Verb. (past of dilate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dilated

1. dilate [v] - See also: dilate

Medical Definition of Dilated

1. 1. Expanded; enlarged. 2. Widening into a lamina or into lateral winglike appendages. 3. Having the margin wide and spreading. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dilated

dilatancy
dilatant
dilatants
dilatate
dilatated
dilatates
dilatating
dilatation
dilatation and curettage
dilatational
dilatations
dilatative
dilatator
dilatators
dilate
dilated (current term)
dilated cardiomyopathy
dilated pore
dilatedly
dilater
dilaters
dilates
dilating
dilatino
dilatinos
dilation
dilation and evacuation
dilation thrombosis
dilational

Literary usage of Dilated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1882)
"The right ventricle was greatly dilated and the walls somewhat hypertrophied. The tricuspid valve showed advanced fatty degeneration and commencing atheroma ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1902)
"They were most thickly distributed under the pleural surfaces : the larger bronchial tubes were not perceptibly dilated and showed no sign of disease. ..."

3. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"... ovate with a (harp point, the latter moll dilated and membranous at the edges. Tube of the calyx hairy, concealed, ..."

4. Lectures on the diagnosis of abdominal tumors: Delivered to the Post by William Osler (1899)
"I. THE TUMOR FORMED BY A dilated STOMACH.— There were thirteen cases of dilated stomach in the series, in ten of which the organ itself formed a prominent ..."

5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"The right ureter and pelvis seem to be much more dilated than the left. ... Cystoscopy: The right ureter was markedly dilated; the left ureter was dilated, ..."

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