A dilated pupil. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Georgina developed a heart condition called dilated cardiomyopathy as a baby. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Mail news round-up] Reference
His pupils were actually dilated, which is a sign that his brain may have had a significant insult. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2001] Reference
The baby starts moving down and once you are fully dilated, that is the child has moved down, pushing begins. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
I got my eyes dilated last friday, and the still look kind of dilated?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
I do not see the necessity of such Latinisms as "dilated" or "expanded.". From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
Terri’s ventricles appear to be dilated, which is not uncommon when there has been injury to the brain. From Wordnik.com. [Terri Schiavo news] Reference
They checked her cervix a few times, and she was still only 3cm dilated, which is where she’d been for a month. From Wordnik.com. [Full of Surprises Sam « knitnut.net] Reference
I’m not sure that the market is really kind of dilated to receive another superb vintage. From Wordnik.com. [Wine importer Terry Theise - Riesling buzz, grower Champagne, 2009, nude breakfast | Dr Vino's wine blog] Reference
It flashed from her eyes and dilated her nostrils. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
The "flushed" effect comes from the dilated blood vessels. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Flashes] Reference
As she dilated upon the difficulties they seemed to increase. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"What?" gasped the General, staring at him with dilated eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The pupils of his eyes dilated, -- until they seemed all pupil. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
The child was very pale, and her large eyes dilated with terror. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Her eyes dilated a little, but her voice was quite steady as she said. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
The pupils of the eye are unevenly contracted at first, later dilated. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
By 6 o'clock, she was fully dilated, but the amniotic sac had not ruptured. From Wordnik.com. [Bailey White: 'The Green Bus'] Reference
A nurse had checked her cervix; it was dilated an unbelievable one centimeter. From Wordnik.com. [Waking Up] Reference
Saronia asserted itself as she stood with eyes dilated and form erect, crying. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
Its action consists principally in the contraction of the dilated blood-vessels. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
She broke off suddenly, her mouth open, and stood staring with fear-dilated eyes at Creed. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
"True, true!" cried Charles, his nostrils dilated as if he snuffed up the carnage of the battle. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
He could see the fear in her eyes, her pupils so dilated she hadn't even a surrounding edge of iris. From Wordnik.com. [Flooding the Memory River] Reference
And half of C-sections occurred in women who had been induced but had not even dilated 6 centimeters. From Wordnik.com. [New clues to unnecessary Caesareans] Reference
But it's not just the big, glittery bits the right dangles in front of pharmaceutically dilated pupils. From Wordnik.com. [Steven Weber: Americide] Reference
Her eyes shine in the dark like doe eyes, wide and wet, her pupils dilated like black holes in her head. From Wordnik.com. [Eye Socket Girls] Reference
To Jim it wore the aspect of an old friend, and he dilated on its features for the benefit of the others. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
She was breathing with dilated eyes, her lips drawn and quivering, every muscle of her lithe body trembling. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
The effect was unsettling: for a few minutes I found myself swimming in the inky blackness of her dilated pupils. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat's Chair] Reference
She wanted to run away, but, stupefied with surprise, remained where she stood, with dilated pupils, open-mouthed. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
Her form dilated, she sprang before her step-father and the ring of her voice checked the imprecations on his lips. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Nitric oxide is a system that - your body makes this gas that keeps blood vessels dilated and lowers blood pressure. From Wordnik.com. [New Frontier For Geeks: The Kitchen] Reference
Rosacea occurs when tiny blood vessels in the face become dilated and inflamed, usually in fair-skinned people older than 30. From Wordnik.com. [Red in the face? How to tell whether it's acne or rosacea] Reference
The pharynx is then raised and opened by its muscles in the same way as a sac that is to be filled is lifted up and its mouth dilated. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
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