- Dilating
- The widening and opening of the cervix caused by uterine contractions.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Dilating
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Dilating — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dilating — vaso·dilating; … English syllables
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