(medicine) An instrument used to dilate an orifice or cavity.
dilator
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dilator.
Editorial note
It is a broncho-dilator so this made perfect sense (it's also a vaso-dilator so that had some interesting side effects).
Quick take
(medicine) An instrument used to dilate an orifice or cavity.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of dilator gathered in one view.
(medicine) Any drug that causes such dilation.
(anatomy) Any nerve or muscle that causes part of the body to dilate.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for dilator.
noun
(medicine) An instrument used to dilate an orifice or cavity.
noun
(medicine) Any drug that causes such dilation.
noun
(anatomy) Any nerve or muscle that causes part of the body to dilate.
Example sentences
It is a broncho-dilator so this made perfect sense (it's also a vaso-dilator so that had some interesting side effects).
Confusingly, the optical pupils are the other way around - the pupillary dilator muscles have to contract to dilate the pupil.
The bright light that shines into your eyes, the pupil dilator, all seems unnecessary.
I use a nose clip (sometimes called a nasal dilator) that has improved my sleep quality tremendously.
As a first-line treatment, I urge anyone who either snores, or is just fatigued after sleep, to try a nasal stent/dilator.
The iris does have a sphincter and dilator muscle, unlike most of these because unlike most there is no common counter pressure to expand them.
Atropine works by temporarily blocking the contraction of the muscle sphincter pupillae (which along with dilator pupillae is responsible for the contraction of the pupil).
Maybe could be combined with some topical-acting only dilator?
Probably using NyQuil every night is not a good idea, but could perhaps use on occasion, or some other nasal dilator drug such as asthma medications/ steroids.
I don't know what triggers my monthly migraine but I have found that Citrulline malate (an extract of watermelon) a vascular dilator prevents it for me 100%.
I bought a Maloney dilator on eBay (48 French diameter, which is 16mm), tried to do it myself after watching a YouTube video, and couldn't get it down more than about 6 inches, which didn't help.
Another doctor also proposed surgery to fix my nose for that, but somehow I'd become skeptical of doctors wanting to do surgery (probably I'd heard too many stories of something going wrong.) Anyway, a year ago I fixed my sleep apnea using a nose dilator and mouth tape at night for a month.
Quote examples
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Frequently asked questions
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How do you use dilator in a sentence?
It is a broncho-dilator so this made perfect sense (it's also a vaso-dilator so that had some interesting side effects).
What does dilator mean?
(medicine) An instrument used to dilate an orifice or cavity.
What part of speech is dilator?
dilator is commonly used as noun.