dilatation

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This dilatation is the result of the frequent accumulation of solid feed above the constriction.

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  1. noun The act or process of expanding; dilation.
  2. noun The condition of being expanded or stretched.
  3. noun A dilated formation or part.
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  • One does not get rid either of dilatation or its results at my time of life. —  The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Volume 3
  • A to C, LV dilatation is absent in hypoxic chick embryos treated with sFlt-1 as compared with normoxic (N) and hypoxic (H) controls. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Our data suggest that the hypoxia-induced LV dilatation is associated with a loss of cardiomyocytes. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • This dilatation is the result of the frequent accumulation of solid feed above the constriction. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • In case of hypertrophy with dilatation, the impulse is not only powerful and heaving, but it is diffused over the whole region of the heart, and the normal sounds of the heart are greatly increased in intensity. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
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  1. from Middle English dilatacioun, from Old French (and F.) dilatation = Provencal dilatacio = Spanish dilatacion = Portuguese dilatação = Italian dilatazione, from LL, dilatatio (n-), an extension, from L, dilatare, past participle dilatus, expand: see dilate, v.
 

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