dilatação

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dīlātātiōnem. By surface analysis, dilatar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: di‧la‧ta‧ção

Noun

dilatação f (plural dilatações)

  1. dilation, dilatation
    1. act or effect of dilating or expanding
    2. (physics) increase in volume or dimensions of a body due to an increase in temperature
    3. enlargement
    4. enlargement, expansion
    5. increment
    6. distension
    7. (physiology, medicine) increase, spontaneous or provoked, in the dimensions of a hollow organ, canal or orifice
    8. extension

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