dilating
1Dilating — Dilate Di*late (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dilated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dilating}.] [L. dilatare; either fr. di = dis + latus wide, not the same word as latus, used as p. p. of ferre to bear (see {Latitude}); or fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of… …
2dilating — vaso·dilating; …
3Dilating — The widening and opening of the cervix caused by uterine contractions …
4dilating — di·late || daɪ leɪt v. expand, become wide; maker wider or larger, cause to expand …
5dilating — …
6dilating bougie — a bougie used for dilation; one type is the mercury dilators; another type has a screw that can be turned to increase the diameter. See dilator …
7dilating pains — labor pains during the first stage of labor …
8Bougie — A thin cylinder of rubber, plastic, metal or another material that a physician inserts into or though a body passageway, such as the esophagus, to diagnose or treat a condition. A bougie may be used to widen a passageway, guide another instrument …
9Vasoactive intestinal peptide — (VIP, also polypeptide [eMedicineDictionary|vasoactive+intestinal+polypeptide] ) is a peptide hormone containing 28 amino acid residues and is produced in many areas of the human body including the gut, pancreas and suprachiasmatic nuclei of the… …
10Big-belly seahorse — Taxobox name = Big belly seahorse status = DD status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Syngnathiformes familia = Syngnathidae genus = Hippocampus species = H. abdominalis binomial = Hippocampus… …
