Usually means: Instruments used to expand body passages.
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  1. dilators: Merriam-Webster
  2. dilators: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dilators: Vocabulary.com
  4. dilators: Wiktionary
  5. dilators: Dictionary.com
  6. Dilators: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. dilators: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. dilators: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. dilators: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. dilators: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dilator)

noun:  (anatomy) Any nerve or muscle that causes part of the body to dilate.
noun:  (medicine) Any drug that causes such dilation.
noun:  (medicine) An instrument used to dilate an orifice or cavity.
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