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Webster 1913 Edition
Dilatation
Dilˊa-ta′tion
,Noun.
1.
Prolixity; diffuse discourse.
[Obs.]
“What needeth greater dilatation?” Chaucer.
2.
The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al[GREEK] sides; the state of being dilated; dilation.
3.
(Anat.)
A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dilatation
DILATATION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
dilatation
dilatation
English
Noun
dilatation (usually uncountable, plural dilatations)
- Prolixity; diffuse discourse.
- The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on all sides; the state of being dilated; dilation.
- A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.
Translations
prolixity
act of dilating; dilation
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dilation of a canal or other organ
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Old French
Etymology
Coined circa 1320 in Chirurgie by Henri de Mondeville from Latin dīlātātio.
Noun
dilatation f (oblique plural dilatations, nominative singular dilatation, nominative plural dilatations)
Descendants
- English: dilatation (borrowed)
- French: dilatation