expansile
Americanadjective
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able to expand or cause expansion
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of or relating to expansion
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of expansile
First recorded in 1720–30; expans(ion) + -ile
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A smooth, rounded swelling, which exhibits expansile pulsation, forms, usually towards the left of the middle line.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
There was well-marked expansile pulsation, purring thrill along the jugular vein and over the tumour, and loud machinery murmur widely diffused along the whole neck and into the thorax.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins
They differed from the last variety mainly in the more localised nature of the tumour, the greater firmness of its walls, and the more pronounced expansile pulsation.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins
The progress of natural cure is indicated by the aneurysm becoming smaller, firmer, less expansile, and less compressible; the murmur and thrill diminish and the pressure effects become less marked.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
The pulsation is of an expansile character, which is detected by observing that when both hands are placed over the swelling they are separated with each beat of the heart.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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