Dilation
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:
- Dilation (geometry)
- Dilation (graph theory)
- Dilatation (image processing) , basic operation of mathematical morphology
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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