(n.) The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al/ sides; the state of being dilated; dilation.
(n.) A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.
Example Sentences:
(1) Intestinal dilatation seemed in all cases a response to elevated CO2 only.
(2) In the absence of atrial dilatation there was minimal stimulus for ANF secretion.
(3) Evaluation revealed tricuspid insufficiency, a massively dilated right internal jugular vein, and obstruction of the left internal jugular vein.
(4) Midtrimester abortion by the dilatation and evacuation (D&E) method has generated controversy among health care providers; many authorities insist that this procedure should be performed only by a small group of experts.
(5) DPI 201-106 (DPI) as a positive inotropic drug might be useful in treating dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).
(6) In one of the cirrhotic patients, postmortem correlation of sonographic, angiographic, and pathological findings showed that the dilated vessels seen on sonography were cystic veins draining normally into the portal vein rather than portosystemic anastomoses.
(7) Combined SEM and TEM examination of the endothelium of compressed segments revealed "craters" and "balloons", blebs and vacuoles, swollen mitochondria, dilated granular endoplasmic reticulum, and subendothelial edema.
(8) Light microscopy of both apneics and snorers revealed mucous gland hypertrophy with ductal dilation and focal squamous metaplasia, disruption of muscle bundles by infiltrating mucous glands, focal atrophy of muscle fibers, and extensive edema of the lamina propria with vascular dilation.
(9) Myogenic constrictions and dilations was observed when IP was increased (greater than 60 cmH2O) and decreased (less than 60 cmH2O), respectively.
(10) Four hundred and twenty-five lesions were dilated in 370 patients.
(11) Most often, constrictor fibres follow the course of the pterygo-palatine nerve, when dilator fibres follow the infraorbital nerve.
(12) These early hyperplastic lesions revealed stellate-shaped dilated bile canaliculi lined by blebs and abnormally thick elongated microvilli, a decreased number of microvilli on the sinusoidal surface, a marked increase in smooth endoplasmic reticulum, large nucleoli, and bundles of pericanalicular microfilaments.
(13) Further management of the congenital cases was based on the experience that children outgrow this disorder; periodic dilatation may augment the natural process.
(14) The average size of stenosis after dilation was 32%.
(15) Computer-aided axial tomography revealed progressive development of atrophy of the left hemisphere and compensatory dilatation of the ventricles.
(16) The distinction between idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and myocarditis is controversial, both clinically and pathologically.
(17) In the remaining 60 patients (35 with atherosclerotic stenosis and 25 with fibromuscular dysplasia), both mean systolic and diastolic pressure fell immediately after percutaneous transluminal dilatation and remained significantly lower for a period of up to five years.
(18) The time for cervical dilatation from 7 to 10 cm and duration of the second stage of labor did not influence maternal morbidity or fetal outcome, regardless of the method of anesthesia.
(19) Histamine elicited arteriolar dilation which was blocked by metiamide suggesting the presence of H2 receptors.
(20) In 1 patient there was concomitant aneurysmal dilatation of the brachiocephalic trunk.
Distention
Definition:
(n.) The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs.
(n.) Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.
Example Sentences:
(1) Since the advance and return of sperm inside the tubes could facilitate the interaction of sperm with secretions participating in its maturation, the persistent infertility after vasectomy could be related to the contractile alteration that follows the excessive tubal distention.
(2) Thickening of the gallbladder wall, a subserosal "halo" of edema, pericholecystic abscess, and marked gallbladder distention were consistent findings in AAC.
(3) Using concurrent videoendoscopy and manometry, glottal and upper esophageal sphincter (UES) responses to abrupt esophageal distention by air injection (10-60 mL) and balloon distention (1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 cm) were recorded simultaneously.
(4) Thirty-three patients had sudden, severe, upper pain develop in the abdomen with distention from one to four years after the original operation.
(5) Quantitative analysis demonstrated a significant reduction in response to rectal distention with 20 or more ml of air (p less than 0.001).
(6) These findings suggest that in vivo intragastric titration leads to higher measured acid secretory rates than gastric aspiration because the titration method is associated with gastric distention and even small degrees of gastric distention stimulate gastric acid secretion.
(7) In each patient the initial diagnostic studies--plain abdominal radiography and barium enema examination--revealed generalized small intestine distention and non-specific colonic abnormalities, respectively.
(8) The results of these studies, considered as a whole, support the view that McCleary's osmotic postingestional satiety signal acts as an intestinal distention signal rather than by inducing thirst.
(9) Distention of the antral sleeve by hydrostatic pressure (3-25cm H2O) caused stepwise and significant increase in gastrin release that was reversible.
(10) Anal sphincter dysfunction was diagnosed by demonstrating impaired sphincter relaxation during rectal distention.
(11) Clinical signs were tachycardia, dyspnea, cyanosis, and marked abdominal distention.
(12) Their courses were characterized by significant early postoperative hemodynamic compromise, abdominal distention, ileus, fever, and episodes of late vascular instability associated with hypocalcemia.
(13) These findings, when taken together, suggest that ANF is increased in heart failure patients in response to the atrial distention associated with ventricular dysfunction and intrinsic renal insufficiency.
(14) This technique allows full internal mammary artery distention without the devascularizing effects of full skeletonization.
(15) This distention manifests itself mainly in the central areas of the lamina cribrosa and the disc, and usually disappears when the tension is normalized by surgery during the first phases of the disease.
(16) In the prairie dog model, gastric distention with acid (0.1 M hydrochloric acid, pH 1.3) and alkaline (10(-5) sodium hydroxide, pH 8.8) isotonic saline solutions both resulted in significant increases in sphincter of Oddi phasic wave frequency, amplitude, and motility index.
(17) The renal pelvis had no distention in either projection in 100 kidneys.
(18) During the study there were 874 patients, 477 (54.58%) suffered from diarrhea, 209 (23.91%) had bloody stool, 20 (2.99%) jaundice, 57 (6.52%) abdominal pain, 48 (5.49%) abdominal distention, 30 (3.43%) vomiting, 13 (1.49%) constipation, and 20 (2.29%) others.
(19) Intracerebroventricular administration of the corticotropin-releasing factor antagonist did not alter locus coeruleus activation by bladder distention.
(20) Delineation of the rectum and sigmoid colon improved in patients who received rectal barium, owing to distention and marking of the bowel by the predominantly low-signal-intensity barium.