dilatation

From Old French dilatation, from Late Latin dīlātātio, early 15th c.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪleɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/, /dɪleɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌdaɪləˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

dilatation (usually uncountable, plural dilatations)

1. Prolixity; diffuse discourse.
2. The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on all sides; the state of being dilated

   Synonym: dilation

   • 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)‎:

     These [boys being groomed as prostitutes] are sold by their parents (sometimes stolen from them), about the age of 4, and educated, while they are also subjected to a special physical training, which includes massage of the gluteal regions to favor development, dilatation of the anus, and epilation (which is not, however, practised by Chinese women).

3. A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.

   Synonym: dilation

From Latin dīlātātiōnem.

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dilatation f (plural dilatations)

1. dilation; act or instance of dilating

• dilater

• “dilatation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

dilatation f (plural dilatations)

1. dilation; act or instance of dilating

Coined circa 1320 in Chirurgie by Henri de Mondeville from Late Latin dīlātātio.

dilatation oblique singular, f (oblique plural dilatations, nominative singular dilatation, nominative plural dilatations)

1. dilation; act or instance of dilating