ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Dilated

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /daɪˈleɪtɪd/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Dilated is an adjective meaning Having undergone dilation; enlarged.

Meaning

Having undergone dilation; enlarged.

More Meanings

  1. Relatively large.
  2. simple past and past participle of dilate

Example Sentences

Is a little better, more conscious, and quieter, bowels purged, mercurial stools, pulse jerking 144, right pupil rather more dilated than the left.
Of the same form as C. 12-guttata, but having the elytra of the female more dilated, and the apical serratures and the sutural spine much more distinct.
M. Wecker found with ophthalmoscope a pale papilla, indications of hypertrophy of cellular tissue, very dilated veins, and some little hæmorrhagic spots.
A species very easily distinguished from the others by its very dilated black wings, which have only a few marginal hyaline spots and very few discal subhyaline dots.

Synonyms for dilated

Depending on context, synonyms include expanded.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include expanded, distended, enlarged, stretched, broadened, widened.

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