dilatation

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Brachial flow-mediated dilatation was significantly higher following high-flavanol cocoa compared to low-flavanol cocoa 30 and 90 minutes after the stressful period.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024

In rare cases, the stomach can expand to a dangerous size, known as acute gastric dilatation.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2022

The major disease threatening captive Spix’s was proventricular dilatation disease, which affects the nerves in parrots’ gastrointestinal tract and causes them to slowly waste away.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 8, 2022

In fact, he believes that the commonly used standard equipment is wrong, since it requires a general anaesthetic for dilatation of the cervix and insertion of relatively large metal tools.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cup-shaped involucre of Cornucopia is a dilatation of the axis into a hollow receptacle with a raised border.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various