dilatation

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Dilatation of the cavities has been noticed as existing independently of thickened walls.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Dilatation of the heart is common in grave cases of scarlet fever, such cases as are properly termed malignant.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

No, because the Blood that forms the Aneurisms and Varices is not extravasated nor accompany'd with Inflammation, but only a Tumour of Blood proceeding from the Dilatation of the Arteries and Veins.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

Dilatation and tortuosity of the anterior ciliary veins are due apparently to excessive flow of blood through them on account of the abnormally small amount carried off by the venae vorticosae.

From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Nance, Willis O.

It says: "Dilatation leads to dropsy, shortness of breath and blueness of the face."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920 by Various