“dilatatory”的英英意思

单词 dilatatory
释义 dilatatory Surg.|daɪˈleɪtətərɪ|
Also in Lat. form -ˈorium.
[ad. F. dilatatoire (16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. med. or mod.L. dīlātātōrium (see quot. 1731), f. L. dīlātāt-, ppl. stem of dīlātā-re to dilate.]
An instrument for dilating a part or organ.
1611Cotgr., Dilatatoire, a dilatatorie or inlarger; an Instrument wherewith Chirurgions open those partes that by sicknesse, or other accident, are too much closed.1656in Blount Glossogr.1706Phillips Dilatatory or Dilater.1731–1800Bailey, Dilatatorium (with Surgeons) an instrument to open any part, as the mouth, womb or fundament.1823Crabb Techn. Dict., Dilatato′rium (Surg.), a surgical instrument for dilating the mouth; also for pulling barbed irons out of a wound.1883Syd. Soc. Lex., Dilatato′rium.

 

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