Crossword clues for dilator
dilator
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dilator \Di*lat"or\, n. [See Dilate.]
One who, or that which, widens or expands.
(Anat.) A muscle that dilates any part.
(Med.) An instrument for expanding a part; as, a urethral dilator.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context anatomy English) Any nerve or muscle that causes part of the body to dilate 2 (context medicine English) Any drug that causes such dilation 3 (context medicine English) An instrument used to dilate an orifice or cavity
WordNet
n. a muscle or nerve that dilates or widens a body part
a drug that causes dilation
a surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ [syn: dilater]
Wikipedia
Dilator or dilatator is a medical term with a number of uses, including:
- A surgical instrument or medical implement used to induce dilation, that is, to expand an opening or passage such as the cervix (see cervical dilator), urethra, esophagus, or vaginal introitus.
- A pharmacological treatment used to induce dilation, such as cervical dilation, vasodilation, or pupillary dilation.
- A muscle which causes dilation of a part, for example, the iris dilator muscle or the dilator naris muscle.
Usage examples of "dilator".
And the connection between the dilator muscle and oculomotor nerve was fused, leaving the eye virtually no ability to reduce the amount of incoming light.
She made sure that the suction machine was in position with plenty of Toronto catheters and that there was a tracheotomy mask handy in case she should need one, together with dilators, a spare tube and scissors.
Nancy had a normally antero-flexed uterus, and the curve on the dilators was a perfect match.
It is also the best natural dilator of the tiny airways of the lungs, the bronchial tubes - making cannabis the best overall bronchial dilator for 80% of the population (the remaining 20% sometimes show minor negative reactions).
As he pressed them carefully apart and locked the dilators in position, he knew that the circulation in several of those vessels was being seriously impaired, and that he was constricting one of the lungs and rendering it little more than sixty percent effective.
A small table contained a variety of very long-handled, highly polished wooden implements that appeared to be probes, dilators, and spatulas for the nonsurgical investigation of body orifices, some jars of local medication, and, incongruously, the lifeless x-ray scanner left by Conway.
She's worked the sphincter pupillae and the dilator pupillae muscles of her iris until her eyeball looks like a lemon reamer.