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      dilator
      noun
      a surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ
      a drug that causes dilation
      a muscle or nerve that dilates or widens a body part
      Roots
      disdi- · Latin · apartlatuslat- · Latin · carried, wide (from ferre)or-or · Latin · agent, one that
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