Associations to the word «dilation»

Wiktionary

DILATION, noun. The act of dilating.
DILATION, noun. State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
DILATION, noun. (obsolete) Delay.
DILATION AND CURETTAGE, noun. (medicine) A surgical procedure in which the cervix is dilated and the lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet.

Dictionary definition

DILATION, noun. A lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic.
DILATION, noun. The act of expanding an aperture; "the dilation of the pupil of the eye".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats