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dilator
/ daɪˈleɪtə; dɪ-; ˌdɪ-; ˌdaɪləˈteɪtə /
noun
- something that dilates an object, esp a surgical instrument for dilating a bodily cavity
- a muscle that expands an orifice or dilates an organ
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Sterilized vaseline or glycerine of perchloride of mercury may be smeared over the point of the dilator to facilitate its passage.
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This shoe is also provided with bar-clips, and forcibly expanded at the heels by means of a dilator.
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The only difficulty which may be experienced is in entering the dilator into the punctum, owing to the small size of the latter.
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This is reassuring to the surgeon, and at this point the dilator should be introduced and the ansthetic abandoned.
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This leaden dilator is referred to over and over again by Hippocrates.
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