dilated

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About 35 minutes in, Lamphere’s vitals started spiking; her heart rate quickened, she grew hot, her pupils dilated, she began grinding her teeth.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

"The doctor in the ring said her pupils were fixed and dilated when he saw her first and already there was a chance that brain damage had occurred," Weiler, now a professor, said.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025

“I have been in lunch rooms where women are in labor, dilated, and trying to work until the very last minute because they don’t have enough days.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

Importantly, the researchers also developed a polygenic risk score to assess a person's likelihood of developing dilated cardiomyopathy based on the many small effects of these genes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

Her eyes were red and bloated, without luster, and her pupils were dilated, which gave her a frightened, helpless look.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende