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dilator muscle (medicine)


dilator muscle
<anatomy> A muscle which opens an orifice or dilates the lumen of an organ; it is the dilating or opening component of a pylorus (the other component is the sphincter muscle).

Synonym: musculus dilatator, musculus dilator.