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dilatation

[dil-uh-tey-shuhn, dahy-luh-] / ˌdɪl əˈteɪ ʃən, ˌdaɪ lə- /




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Dilatation is, however, its ordinary condition, especially in the fully-formed attack.

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

Dilatation of the pupil occurs, whether the poison be taken internally or applied locally to the eye.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )

Dilatation of the cutaneous vascular areas leads to a larger flow of blood through the skin, and so tends to cool the body, and vice versa.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various

Dilatation of the conjunctival vessels was observed in thirty-four cases.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.

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.




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