Dilation

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Dilatation (from Latin dilatare , lengthen, stretch, enlarge, expand ') stands for:

Physics:

  • the change in the volume of a body due to changes in pressure, temperature or other variables, see also dilation (chemistry)
  • linear expansion due to force or heat, see also dilatometer
  • Time dilation , a phenomenon of the theory of relativity


Mathematics:


Medicine:

  • Expansion of the blood vessels by slackening the vascular muscles, see vasodilation
  • Expansion of the blood vessels due to wall changes, see aneurysm
  • therapeutic dilatation of organs or vessels, see bougienage
  • especially in cardiology, see balloon dilatation
  • pathological enlargement of the heart muscle, see dilated cardiomyopathy
  • pathological expansion of intestinal loops, see megacolon
  • Dilate = the natural opening of the pupil of the eye when there is a change in brightness or the medication-induced widening for examination, e.g. B. the fundus


Biology:

  • New tissue formation in the radial direction as the thickness increases


See also:

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