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Definition of dilatation noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

dilatation

noun

NAmE//ˌdɪləˈteɪʃn//

, NAmE//ˌdaɪləˈteɪʃn//

[uncountable] (medical)

the process of becoming wider (= of becoming dilated ), or the action of making something become wider

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