Related Words for dilate

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enlarge
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Verb, Verb
expand
x/
Verb, Verb
expound
x/
Verb, Verb
elaborate
x/x
Verb, Verb
flesh out
//
Phrase, Verb
dilation
x/x
Noun
constrict
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Verb
occlude
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Verb
dilatation
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Noun
widen
/x
Verb
deform
x/
Verb
cervix
/x
Noun
capillaries
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Noun
darken
/x
Verb
efface
x/
Verb
recede
x/
Verb
soften
/x
Verb
inflate
x/
Verb
slacken
/x
Verb
moisten
/x
Verb
protrude
x/
Verb
ventricles
x/x
Noun
sphincter
/x
Noun
vasodilation
/xx/x
Noun
induce
x/
Verb
shrink
/
Verb
penetrate
/xx
Verb
thicken
/x
Verb
vasodilatation
/xxx/x
Noun
pupillary
/xxx
Noun
bronchioles
/x/
Noun
confine
x/
Verb
redden
/x
Noun
lengthen
/x
Verb
circumscribe
xx/
Verb
palpate
/x
Verb
saturate
/xx
Verb
sclera
/x
Noun
deflate
x/
Verb
bronchi
/x
Noun
stiffen
/x
Verb
uterus
/xx
Noun
refract
x/
Noun
urethra
x/x
Noun
narrowing
/xx
Noun
swell
/
Noun
arteriole
xxxx
Noun
diminish
x/x
Verb
deepen
/x
Verb
stimulate
/xx
Verb
perturb
x/
Verb
hydrate
/x
Noun
elongate
x/x
Adjective
clench
/
Noun
relaxes
x/x
Verb
decelerate
x/xx
Verb
retract
x/
Verb
inhale
x/
Verb
harden
/x
Noun
eyelids
/x
Noun
distort
x/
Verb
encroach
x/
Verb
bawl
/
Noun
intensify
x/xx
Verb
magnify
/xx
Verb
compress
/x
Noun
ripen
/x
Verb
irrigate
/xx
Verb
expel
x/
Verb
vasodilators
/xxxx
Noun
augment
x/
Verb
obstruct
x/
Verb
broaden
/x
Verb
increase
x/
Noun
extend
x/
Verb
size
/
Noun
prolong
x/
Verb
resize
x/
Noun
amplify
/xx
Verb
enhance
x/
Verb
tighten
/x
Verb
bigger
/x
Adjective
proliferate
x/xx
Verb
stricture
/x
Noun
vasculature
/xxx
Noun
stenoses
x/x
Noun
arteries
/xx
Noun
nitrates
/x
Noun
mortal
/x
Adjective
vessels
/x
Noun
airways
/x
Noun
nitrites
/x
Noun
acetic
x/x
Adjective
acidified
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
amino
x/x
Adjective, Noun
anhydrous
x/x
Adjective
apical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
aqueous
/xx
Adjective
augustine
/xx
Name
backwards
/x
Adverb, Adjective
barren
/x
Adjective, Noun
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
buttock
/x
Noun
butyric
/xx
Adjective
cardinal
/xx
Noun, Adjective
chromic
/x
Adjective
coincident
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
colorless
/xx
Adjective
concentrated
/xxx
Adjective
detail
x/
Noun, Verb
dilute
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
entire
x/x
Adjective, Noun
exemplify
x/xx
Verb
filibuster
/xxx
Noun, Verb
flat
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
forwards
/x
Adverb, Adjective
illustrate
/xx
Verb
instance
/x
Noun, Verb
intervenes
xx/
Verb, Noun
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
peritoneum
x/x/x
Noun
set forth
//
Phrase, Verb
specialize
/xx
Verb
specify
/xx
Verb
survives
x/
Verb, Noun
terminates
/xx
Verb, Noun
upwards
/x
Adverb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb