dilatable

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It so happened in this case that the peritoneum was extremely dilatable, and the uterus, with the child inside, made its way into the peritoneal sac.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

The nostrils differ in form and position in those two birds, and in the boatbill there exists beneath the lower mandible a dilatable pouch that we do not find in the bal�niceps.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 by Various

It is said that three pounds’ weight of ‘eider down’ can be compressed to the size of a man’s fist, and yet is afterwards so dilatable as to fill a quilt of five feet square.

From The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North by Harvey, William

Many birds have the œsophagus or the skin of the neck more or less dilatable, but in no known bird is it so dilatable as in the Pouter pigeon.

From Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays by Wallace, Alfred Russel

Again, an inquirer might ask, If it is so dilatable, why should we run the risk of cutting the prostate at all?

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph