See Also: dilator(medicine)
dilator(dictionary)
Dilator(health)
Kollmann's dilator(medicine)
dilator muscle(medicine)
Plummer's dilator(medicine)
hydrostatic dilator(medicine)
Walther's dilator(medicine)
dilator iridis(medicine)
musculus dilator(medicine)

Dilator (health)


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 of food and fluids.