dilator

English

Etymology

dilate +‎ -or

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

dilator (plural dilators)

  1. (anatomy) Any nerve or muscle that causes part of the body to dilate.
  2. (medicine) Any drug that causes such dilation.
  3. (medicine) An instrument used to dilate an orifice or cavity.

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

dīlātus, perfect passive participle of differō (“to carry apart; to defer, delay”) +‎ -tor

Noun

dīlātor m (genitive dīlātōris); third declension

  1. one who delays, a dilatory person
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dīlātor dīlātōrēs
Genitive dīlātōris dīlātōrum
Dative dīlātōrī dīlātōribus
Accusative dīlātōrem dīlātōrēs
Ablative dīlātōre dīlātōribus
Vocative dīlātor dīlātōrēs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dīlātor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of dīlātō

References
  • “dilator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “dilator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dilator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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