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expansile

[ik-span-sil, -sahyl] / ɪkˈspæn sɪl, -saɪl /


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Cystic tumours and abscesses in the neck are sometimes more difficult to differentiate on account of the apparently expansile character of the pulsation transmitted to them.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

There was well-marked expansile pulsation, purring thrill along the jugular vein and over the tumour, and loud machinery murmur widely diffused along the whole neck and into the thorax.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins

The progress of natural cure is indicated by the aneurysm becoming smaller, firmer, less expansile, and less compressible; the murmur and thrill diminish and the pressure effects become less marked.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

A smooth, rounded swelling, which exhibits expansile pulsation, forms, usually towards the left of the middle line.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

They differed from the last variety mainly in the more localised nature of the tumour, the greater firmness of its walls, and the more pronounced expansile pulsation.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins




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