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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Dilatation of the bladder.
- noun In surgery, a form of lithotomy in which a dilator is introduced through an incision in the membranous portion of the urethra, and foreibly dilates the prostatic portion to an extent sufficient to allow of the extraction of the stone. Also called
lithectasy .
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