dilator : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dilator	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dilator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dilator n a muscle or nerve that dilates or widens a body part a drug that causes dilation a surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ Synonym(s): dilator, dilater
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilator \Di*lat"or\, n. [See {Dilate}.] 1. One who, or that which, widens or expands. 2. (Anat.) A muscle that dilates any part. 3. (Med.) An instrument for expanding a part; as, a urethral dilator.