DILATABLE
Di*lat"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. dilatable.]
Defn: Capable of expansion; that may be dilated; — opposed to contractible; as, the lungs are dilatable by the force of air; air is dilatable by heat.
DILATATION Dil`a*ta"tion, n. Etym: [OE. dilatacioun, F. dilatation, L. dilatatio, fr. dilatare. See Dilate, and cf. 2d Dilation.]
1. Prolixity; diffuse discourse. [Obs.] "What needeth greater dilatation" Chaucer.
2. The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al
3. (Anat.)
Defn: A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.
DILATATOR
Dil`a*ta"tor, n. Etym: [NL. Cf. L. dilatator a propagator.] (Anat.)
Defn: A muscle which dilates any part; a dilator.
DILATE Di*late", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dilating.] Etym: [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 differre to separate (see Delay, Tolerate, Differ, and cf. Dilatory): cf. F. dilater.]