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dilated

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verb

past tense of dilate

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Recent Examples of dilated
Adjective
As for the patient, the 49-year-old woman with dilated cardiomyopathy was discharged from hospital not long after her surgery last August and is doing well. New Atlas, 17 Apr. 2025 These signs include avoiding each other or keeping their distance, swiping, biting, dilated pupils, flattened ears, hissing, litter box guarding, urinating outside of the litter box, territorial aggression, and toy hoarding. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025 Only a comprehensive dilated eye exam can detect AMD. Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024 The disease can be diagnosed by examining the patterns of certain structures in the eye, either by looking through a magnifying device that shines a light into the baby’s dilated eye, or by studying images taken by a wide-angle ophthalmic camera. IEEE Spectrum, 19 Apr. 2018 See All Example Sentences for dilated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dilated
Adjective
  • And at that moment, in that quiet locker room, with that swollen knee, Corbett didn’t know what to say.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Sterling Glass had many health problems as a child—swollen feet, night sweats, nausea and vomiting, unquenchable thirst, and fatigue that often left him too exhausted to go to school.
    Liz Szabo, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Once per act, a second duo crashes in on Didi and Gogo, providing the tramps’ power balance with a lurid, distended foil.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Following too much pasta or one too many sweet treats, my stomach gets quite sensitive—resulting in a feeling of tightness and a distended, rumbling tummy.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 20 May 2025
Verb
  • Testosterone can increase the chances of the prostate becoming enlarged, causing blockage of urine.
    Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Other potentially concerning changes including nipple discharge, pain or swelling in their breast, changes in the color of the nipple or breast, the nipple turning inward, painful or enlarged lymph nodes in the armpits or near the collarbone, or redness or flaky skin on the breast.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Whereas Vaslav’s unorthodox looks infatuated many people, hers (protuberant teeth and lips, stocky body, flat chest, powerful thighs) alienated many.
    Alastair Macaulay, The New York Review of Books, 29 Dec. 2022
  • And the rear of the case is deeper to accommodate a protuberant rear camera—hinting that the next iPad will see a big camera upgrade.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
Verb
  • Its supply is fixed, so it can’t be inflated at will.
    Luke Xie, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Traders, fearful of missing out on the rally, are piling into equities in a way reminiscent of the 1990s, when a feeding frenzy on early internet companies inflated the market right before the bursting of the dot-com bubble.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Like many disaster movies, this is a turgid soap opera that’s blown apart by chaos.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The water, in the turgid, late afternoon light, was gray and swift.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • At low concentrations, adsorption increased gradually, typical of monolayer adsorption, where molecules form a single layer on the surface.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
  • While global life expectancy is up, youth and young adult mortality rates increased between 2011 and 2023, according to the report.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Maintain a healthy weight: Excess body fat puts pressure on your blood vessels, raising the risk of varicose and spider veins.
    Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 2 Dec. 2024
  • After all, they’re often marketed as a solution for swelling, soreness, and poor circulation—as well as a preventative measure for blood clots and visible varicose and spider veins.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 6 Nov. 2024

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“Dilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dilated. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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