dilate
verb (used with object)
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
dilatable
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a word derived from
dilate.
Example Sentences
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The bladder is a dilatable reservoir for the retention of the urine until the discomfort of its presence causes its voluntary discharge.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
Very true; but fortunately the sheath of the prostate, unlike the rind of the chestnut, is very freely dilatable, and will allow the passage of a very considerable stone.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
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 Joseph Bell
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 On the Genesis of Species by St. George Mivart
The indications of the instrument record the motions under changes of temperature of such compound bars; in which the proportion of brass, the more dilatable metal, is two-thirds, and of steel one-third.
From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Henry Negretti
