Sentence examples for dilatation from inspiring English sources
The word "dilatation" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to describe the act of enlarging or widening something, such as an opening or vessel. For example, "The doctor performed a dilatation of the patient's artery."
noun
Prolixity; diffuse discourse.
But Dr Goadsby has shown that types of head pain other than migraine lead to dilatation of the blood vessels, so it does not appear to be a special feature of the condition.Dr Goadsby believes that the pain associated with migraine is actually due to the brain's misinterpretation of signals from elsewhere, and is nothing to do with this dilation.
Fainting tends to be preceded first by paleness, nausea, and sweating and then by dilatation of the pupils, yawning, deeper and more rapid breathing, and a rapid heartbeat.
In functional disorders of the blood vessels, nervous control of the vessels may be disturbed, leading to vascular spasm or dilatation (flushing).
On the other hand, the early rupturing of the amnion often increases the strength and frequency of the labour pains and thereby shortens the stage of dilatation; occasionally, premature loss of the amniotic fluid leads to molding of the uterus about the child and thereby delays dilatation by preventing the child's normal descent into the pelvis.
When, in place of suction, a thin metal tool called a curette is used to scrape (rather than vacuum out) the contents of the uterus, the procedure is called dilatation and curettage.
In such women the average time required for the completion of the stage of dilatation is between 13 and 14 hours, while in women who have previously given birth to children the average is 8 to 9 hours.
As labour progresses, those contractions become more intense and progressively increase in frequency until, at the end of the first stage, when dilatation is complete, they recur about every three minutes and are quite severe.
When combined with dilatation, both evacuation and curettage can be used up to about the 16th week of pregnancy.
The technique is especially valuable in demonstrating the presence of localized narrowing or obstructions in the circulation or of localized dilatations (aneurysms).
In addition, the most active insects have large thin-walled dilatations of the tracheae called air sacs, which serve to increase the volume of air displaced during respiratory movements.
It is the spirit residing in the brain which experiences nervous dilatations and contractions, and which judges these sensations according to the basic scheme of pleasure and pain, giving out corresponding reactions like moving towards something or avoiding contact (DRN book VII ch. II V).
