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Glossary: Dilatation
 


Definition
Normal increase in the size of a body opening, blood vessel, or tube.

Topics Related To Dilatation
AcinusRelated Topic
"A small sac-like dilatation..."

Coronary Disease / Heart Attack

Recommendation Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)
"...The postprandial flow-mediated dilatation was significantly aggravated in people not taking vitamin C (both with and without heart disease), but this parameter in patients and subjects taking vitamin C showed no significant change..."

Endometrial Cancer

The Condition
"...Diagnosis & Tests Endometrial cancer can be diagnosed by using endometrial biopsy or by dilatation and curettage (D&C) of the uterus..."

Endometrial Hyperplasia

The Condition
"...Diagnosis & Tests Diagnosis can only be made by a pathologist who examines a sample of tissue removed from the thickened lining by a sampling procedure such as endometrial biopsy or dilatation and curettage (D&C)..."

Endometrial Polyps

The Condition
"...Treatment & Prevention The old-fashioned way was to perform a D&C (dilatation and curettage)..."





Last updated: May 10, 2007


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