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dilate
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dilate /di·late/ (di´lāt) to stretch an opening or hollow structure beyond its normal dimensions.
di·late (d-lt, dlt)
v.
To make or become wider or larger.

Dilate
To enlarge, open wide, or distend.
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dilate
[dī′lāt]
to cause a physiologic increase in the diameter of a body opening, blood vessel, or tube, such as the widening of the pupil of the eye in response to decreased light or the widening of the uterine cervix during labor.

dilate [di´lāt]
to stretch an opening or hollow structure beyond its normal dimensions.


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extract has a relaxant effect on endothelium intact thoracic arterial rings from Sprague-Dawley male and sham-operated female rats, whereas it has only a weak dilative effect on rings from ovariectomized female rats.
 
 
 
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