Sentence examples for dilation from inspiring English sources

Clinically, the cardiomyopathies fall into three categories: dilated cardiomyopathy, characterized by ventricular dilation and often by symptoms of congestive heart failure; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, characterized by hypertrophy of the ventricle, particularly the left ventricle; and restrictive cardiomyopathy, marked by scarring of the ventricle and impairment of filling in diastole.

It contends there is no way doctors can continue to provide the dilation and evacuation procedure, and still comply with the new law, without altering their practice in a way that increases the complexity and risk of the abortion.

Such instruments are commonly used in dilation and evacuation procedures performed during the second trimester.

The screen is black, my pupils begin their slow dilation; the notepad on my lap has disappeared.

It is produced by many cells in the human body, where its molecules play a crucial role in activating enzymes involved in controlling the dilation of blood vessels, and thus blood flow.

West Surrey has cut back on the number of vasectomies, circumcisions, hysterectomies, and dilation and curettage.

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.

Due to the phenomenon of time dilation, as a particle speeds up, time slows down, until it stops altogether when the thing doing the speeding up reaches the speed of light.

It is now fashionable to study brain waves to see what lights up upon hearing the words "Coca Cola", or to measure pupil dilation in response to brand logos.

The rhetoric and images have all been about one method of abortion, known technically as intact dilation and extraction.

However, Earth's gravitational field and the motion of the satellites cause time-dilation effects, and Earth's rotation also has relativistic implications.