See Also: Dilatation(medicine)
Dilatation(health)
dilatation(dictionary)
dilatation, pathologic(medicine)
dilatation and curettage(medicine)
digital dilatation(medicine)
stomach dilatation(medicine)
Dilatation and curettage(health)
balloon dilatation(medicine)
small bowel dilatation(medicine)

dilatation (iou)



dilatation noun. LME.
[Old French from late Latin dilatatio(n-), from Latin dilatat- pa. ppl stem of dilatare: see DILATE verb2, -ATION.]
Chiefly Science.
a. The action or process of dilating; the condition of being dilated; expansion, enlargement. LME.
dilatation and curettage Medicine an operation involving dilatation of the cervix and curettage of the uterus, carried out to arrest irregular menstrual bleeding, to terminate a pregnancy, to diagnose certain uterine diseases, etc.; abbreviation d. and c.
b. A dilated form; a dilated part of any structure. M19.
The action or practice of dilating on a subject; expatiation, enlargement. LME.
The spreading abroad (of abstract things); dissemination. arch. LME.
dilatational adjective of or pertaining to dilatation L19.
'dilatative adjective (now rare) of the nature of or tending to dilatation E18.