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dilatation

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Patients in need of therapeutic dilatation of this sort often need a redo every year or two as scarring reaccumulates.

It is delayed in most organic diseases of the stomach, especially in dilatation and carcinoma, but not in neuroses.

After subcutaneous or local application, a dilatation neutralised by physostigmine in moderate doses.

Severing the same part causes paralysis of the vaso-motor nerves and dilatation of the blood-vessels.

The caloric that penetrates a living body produces dilatation there; that is to say, universal movement.

The first labor is generally more tedious than the succeeding ones, owing to the slower dilatation of the parts.

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On this page you'll find 131 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dilatation, such as: delay, development, expansion, increase, postponement, and addendum.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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