- dilators
- di'lator || -tÉ™ n. someone or something that dilates; muscle which dilates a body cavity; surgical instrument for dilating body orifices
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Hegar dilators — a series of bougies of varying sizes for dilating the ostium uteri. Hegar uterine dilators … Medical dictionary
mercury dilators — mercury filled dilators an esophageal dilator system consisting of a series of mercury filled tubes of graded diameter for dilating the cardioesophageal sphincter. Called also mercury bougies … Medical dictionary
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Esophageal dilatation — is a therapeutic endoscopic procedure that enlarges the lumen of the esophagus. [cite web url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed uid=6853983 cmd=showdetailview indexed=google|title=Bacteremia associated with esophageal dilatation … Wikipedia
Dilator — A device used to stretch or enlarge an opening. Patients with scarring of the muscular tube through which food passes from the throat to the stomach (esophagus) can require a dilator procedure in order to open the esophagus for adequate passage… … Medical dictionary
Sound (medical instrument) — In medicine, sounds are instruments for probing and dilating passages within the body, the best known examples of which are urethral sounds and uterine sounds. Some men and women enjoy using them for urethral play.Urethral soundsUrethral sounds… … Wikipedia
Schatzki ring — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Endoscopic image of Schatzki ring, seen in the esophagus with the gastro esophageal junction in the background. DiseasesDB = 31504 ICD10 = ICD10|K|22|2|k|20, ICD10|Q|39|3|q|38 ICD9 = ICD9|530.3,… … Wikipedia
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