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
- Relatively large.
- 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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