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Definition of Dilator

1. Noun. A muscle or nerve that dilates or widens a body part.

2. Noun. A drug that causes dilation.

3. Noun. A surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ.

Definition of Dilator

1. n. One who, or that which, widens or expands.

Definition of Dilator

1. one that dilates [n -S] - See also: dilates

Medical Definition of Dilator

1. 1. One who, or that which, widens or expands. 2. A muscle that dilates any part. 3. An instrument for expanding a part; as, a urethral dilator. See: Dilate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dilator

dilation dilation dilations dilation and curettage dilation and curettage dilation and evacuation dilation thrombosis dilative dilatometer dilatometer

dilatometers dilatometric dilatometries dilatometry dilator (current term) dilator (current term) dilatorily dilatoriness dilatorinesses dilators

dilatory dilatory plea dilator iridis dilator muscle dilator muscle of ileocaecal sphincter dilator muscle of pylorus dilator of pupil dilator pupillae muscle dilator tubae Dilaudid

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