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dilator

dilator noun: any nerve or muscle that causes part of the body to dilate.

Noun

dilator (plural dilators)

  1. Any nerve or muscle that causes part of the body to dilate.
  2. Any drug that causes such dilation.
    Synonyms:
    dilatator, dilater
  3. An instrument used to dilate an orifice or cavity.

dilator meaning in Tamil

dilator in Tamil

புழையகட்டி

Synonyms of dilator

Forms of dilator

pluraldilators

Origin of dilator

From dilate + -or.

Words formed from dilator

Phrases with dilator

Words that rhyme with dilator

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Questions about dilator

What does dilator mean?
Dilator means any nerve or muscle that causes part of the body to dilate.
What is dilator in Tamil?
Dilator in Tamil is புழையகட்டி. See Dilator meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dilator?
Dilator is a noun.
What is the plural of dilator?
The plural of dilator is dilators.

Words near dilator in the dictionary

  1. dilatometries
  2. dilatometry
  3. dilaton
  4. dilatonic
  5. dilatons
  6. dilator
  7. dilatorily
  8. dilatoriness
  9. dilatorinesses
  10. dilators
  11. dilatory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dilator (page history and authors); dilator (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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