dilated

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Dilated cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle that makes the muscle walls become stretched and thin.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2024

The duo joined a growing wave of local, independently minded rap artists that included the Freestyle Fellowship, Jurassic 5, Dilated Peoples and Madlib.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023

Dilated cardiomyopathy develops when the heart’s ventricles enlarge and weaken, a process that usually starts in the left ventricle.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2017

Dilated cardiomyopathy is most commonly diagnosed between ages 20 and 60, and is more common in African Americans than whites, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2016

The noble fronds of the Dilated Shield-fern are still in fairly good order, and Ceterach in rocky chinks is in fullest beauty.

From Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur by Jekyll, Gertrude