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dilator /di·la·tor/ (di-lat´er)
1. a structure that dilates, or an instrument used to dilate.
2. dilator muscle.
di·la·tor (d-ltr, dl-, d-l-)
n.
1. An instrument or a substance for enlarging a cavity, canal, blood vessel, or opening.
2. A muscle that dilates an orifice or a body part, such as a blood vessel or the pupil of the eye. Also called dilatator.
dilator
a structure (muscle) that dilates, or an instrument used to dilate.
dilator pupillae muscle
dilator muscle of the pupil.
dilator Therapeutics A device used to stretch/enlarge an opening or tubular structure–eg, esophagus, to allow the passage of food. See Bougienage.


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Equipment that should be brought with the patient include: emergency airway equipment, such as suction equipment, yankeur sucker, tracheal dilators and a spare same-sized and a smaller tracheostomy tube.
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