dilation

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Caffeine temporarily shrinks blood vessels and less dilation means less visible swelling.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Not only do we tend to mirror each other’s movements, postures, facial expressions and gestures; we also uncannily sync up our heart rates, blood pressure, pupil dilation and hormonal activity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

This is important because insulin-assisted dilation helps move glucose from the bloodstream into body tissues, lowering blood sugar after meals.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2025

In the 1990s, anti-abortion activists got a leaked copy of a paper that was presented at the annual conference of the National Abortion Federation describing a procedure called dilation and extraction.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2024

“But not to the physical stimulus; you’re not measuring dilation, for instance. It’ll be to the verbal questions; what we call a flinch reaction.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick