dilators
Widen narrow passages
Dilators are instruments or devices used to widen or enlarge an opening or passage.
In medicine, dilators stretch body cavities or channels—cervical dilators prepare for procedures, urethral dilators address strictures, vaginal dilators treat conditions affecting intercourse or examination.
The term covers both medical tools and muscles that widen openings: pupil dilators respond to light.
Medical opening device
- catheterInserted medical drainage tube
- stentImplanted tube for blockages
- bougiePretentiously middle-class
- cervicalOf the neck
urethral · nasal · esophageal · balloon · pupil · vaginal · rectal · tracheal
Something that widens
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- widenerSomething that broadens
- enlargerPhotographic scaling projector
- gradualDeveloping slowly over time
tapered · rigid · flexible · silicone · steel · plastic · gauge · diameter
Tool exposing surgical field
- clampsFastening grip devices
- forcepsMedical grasping instrument
- hemostatClamp stopping vessel flow
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
incision · sterile · suture · gauze · anesthesia · laparoscopic · endoscopic · dissection
Agents widening blood vessels
- nitratesNitrogen-oxygen salt compounds
- nitroglycerinExplosive compound, cardiac drug
- arterialOf major vessels
- circulationMovement through a system
vessels · hypertension · angina · peripheral · coronary · capillary · perfusion · relaxant
Learner or eye opening
- mydriaticAgent widening pupils
- atropineAnticholinergic alkaloid medication
- irisEye's pigmented disc
- photophobiaAbnormal aversion to brightness
speculum
Medical opening device
- catheterInserted medical drainage tube
- stentImplanted tube for blockages
- bougiePretentiously middle-class
cervical · urethral · nasal · esophageal · balloon · pupil · vaginal · rectal · tracheal · arterial
expander
Something that widens
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- widenerSomething that broadens
- enlargerPhotographic scaling projector
gradual · tapered · rigid · flexible · silicone · steel · plastic · gauge · diameter · sizing
retractor
Tool exposing surgical field
scalpel · incision · sterile · suture · gauze · anesthesia · laparoscopic · endoscopic · dissection · operative
vasodilators
Agents widening blood vessels
- nitratesNitrogen-oxygen salt compounds
- nitroglycerinExplosive compound, cardiac drug
- arterialOf major vessels
circulation · vessels · hypertension · angina · peripheral · coronary · capillary · perfusion · relaxant · antihypertensive
pupil
Learner or eye opening
- surgical suppliesscalpels, scalpel, forceps, clamps, retractors
- surgical instrumentsscalpel, forceps, retractor, clamp, clamps
- transgendertrans women, trans men, trans woman, trans man, transwoman
- transition supplieshormones, estrogen, testosterone, binders, packers
- Sexual Healthcondoms, birth control, contraception, contraceptives, HIV testing
- circulationblood, circulation, arteries, veins, bloodstream
dilatorsconstrictors
Snakes killing by compression
vasoconstrictors · sphincters · compressors · contractors · occluders