dilatation
Example Sentences
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Brachial flow-mediated dilatation was significantly higher following high-flavanol cocoa compared to low-flavanol cocoa 30 and 90 minutes after the stressful period.
From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024
In rare cases, the stomach can expand to a dangerous size, known as acute gastric dilatation.
From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2022
The major disease threatening captive Spix’s was proventricular dilatation disease, which affects the nerves in parrots’ gastrointestinal tract and causes them to slowly waste away.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 8, 2022
Insertion of a metal ring, with dilatation of the cervix, definitely calls for specialized skill.
From Time Magazine Archive
The caloric that penetrates a living body produces dilatation there; that is to say, universal movement.
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille
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