dilation
Opening up wider
Dilation is the act of expanding or widening something, or the state of being expanded.
In medicine, it typically refers to the enlargement of an opening or hollow structure: The doctor checked for cervical dilation during labor, The eye drops cause pupil dilation.
In mathematics, dilation is a transformation that enlarges or reduces a figure while preserving its shape.
The word can also describe expansion more broadly: time dilation in physics, the dilation of blood vessels.
Increasing in extent
- enlargementIncrease in size
- broadeningIncreasing in extent
- extensionAdded part or duration
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
distension · opening · amplification · increase · swelling · augmentation · magnification · spreading
Topical ocular medication
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- childbirthInfant's emergence from womb
- effacementAct of erasing completely
- contractionsShortened word forms
- centimetersMetric length units
delivery · obstetrics · midwife · epidural · membrane · birth canal · active labor · transition
Tubes carrying circulating fluid
- vasodilationRelaxation of vessel walls
- blood flowMovement through vessels
- arteriesTubes carrying oxygenated blood
- veinsBlood-return tubes
capillaries · nitric oxide · circulation · hypotension · flushing · warmth · nitroglycerin · smooth muscle
Act of extending duration
- extensionAdded part or duration
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- lengtheningIncreasing in extent
- expansionIncrease in scope
delay · drawn-out · protraction · relativity · slowing · temporal
Circulatory system's pump
- ventricleHollow organ chamber
- cardiomyopathyHeart muscle disorder
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
- echocardiogramUltrasound of the heart
systole · diastole · hypertrophy · atrium · heart failure · enlarged · congestive · myocardium
widening
Increasing in extent
- enlargementIncrease in size
- broadeningIncreasing in extent
- extensionAdded part or duration
stretching · distension · opening · amplification · increase · swelling · augmentation · magnification · spreading · diffusion
eye drops
Topical ocular medication
miosis · constriction · photophobia · accommodation · arousal
labor
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- childbirthInfant's emergence from womb
- effacementAct of erasing completely
- contractionsShortened word forms
centimeters · delivery · obstetrics · midwife · epidural · membrane · birth canal · active labor · transition · induced
blood vessels
Tubes carrying circulating fluid
- vasodilationRelaxation of vessel walls
- blood flowMovement through vessels
- arteriesTubes carrying oxygenated blood
veins · capillaries · nitric oxide · circulation · hypotension · flushing · warmth · nitroglycerin · smooth muscle · peripheral
prolongation
Act of extending duration
- extensionAdded part or duration
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- lengtheningIncreasing in extent
expansion · delay · drawn-out · protraction · relativity · slowing · temporal
heart
Circulatory system's pump
- ventricleHollow organ chamber
- cardiomyopathyHeart muscle disorder
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
echocardiogram · systole · diastole · hypertrophy · atrium · heart failure · enlarged · congestive · myocardium
- eye testseye exam, eye chart, vision test, eye test, eye tests
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- Maternity Wardmaternity ward, labor and delivery, delivery room, labor room, midwife
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- deformingbending, twisting, warping, curving, folding
- eye careeye doctor, optometrist, ophthalmologist, eye exam, glasses
dilationcontraction
Reduction in size
constriction · compression · shrinkage · narrowing · condensation
dilationconstriction
Tightening or narrowing action
contraction · stenosis · narrowing · vasoconstriction · miosis
dilationabridgment
Shortened form of text
condensation · abbreviation · compression · contraction · shortening
- time dilationClocks slow at speed
- cervical dilationWidening of womb's exit
- pupil dilationEye opening widening
- blood vessel dilation
- cervix dilationUterine opening's expansion