dilatatory Surg.
(daɪˈleɪtətərɪ)
Also in Lat. form -ˈorium.
[ad. F. dilatatoire (16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. med. or mod.L. dīlātātōrium (see quot. 1731), f. L. dīlātāt-, ppl. stem of dīlātā-re to dilate.]
An instrument for dilating a part or organ.
| 1611 Cotgr., Dilatatoire, a dilatatorie or inlarger; an Instrument wherewith Chirurgions open those partes that by sicknesse, or other accident, are too much closed. 1656 in Blount Glossogr. 1706 Phillips Dilatatory or Dilater. 1731–1800 Bailey, Dilatatorium (with Surgeons) an instrument to open any part, as the mouth, womb or fundament. 1823 Crabb Techn. Dict., Dilatato{p}rium (Surg.), a surgical instrument for dilating the mouth; also for pulling barbed irons out of a wound. 1883 Syd. Soc. Lex., Dilatato{p}rium. |