Dilation Definition

dī-lāshən, dĭ-
noun
The act of expanding or enlarging or the state of being expanded or enlarged.
Dilation of the cervix during labor.
American Heritage Medicine
A dilating or being dilated, as of the pupil of an eye, a blood vessel, or the cervix during childbirth.
Webster's New World
The condition of being abnormally expanded or enlarged, as of an organ, orifice, or tubular structure in the body.
American Heritage Medicine
A dilated part.
Webster's New World
A lengthy spoken or written discussion on a topic.
American Heritage
Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Dilation

Noun

Singular:
dilation
Plural:
dilations

Dilation Sentence Examples

  • Since children are capable of over focusing, dilation can help the eye care practitioner determine a child's true prescription because the drugs used to dilate also impair this tendency to over focus.

  • Dystocia-Failure to progress in labor, either because the cervix will not dilate (expand) further or because the head does not descend through the mother's pelvis after full dilation of the cervix.

  • Have you noticed the weird time dilation effect with writing?

  • The unit of measurement for this calculation is called a Montevideo unit, and ideally the sum total of the pressures should be between 150 and 250 Montevideo units to achieve cervical dilation.

  • Soils with densely packed grains are strain softening because disturbance during sharing causes the grains to move apart causing dilation.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to dilation using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

DDIDIL

Words Ending With

NONION

Unscrambles

dilation

Words Starting With D and Ending With N

Starts With D & Ends With NStarts With DI & Ends With NStarts With D & Ends With ON

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With D8 Letter Words Ending With N