Dilatable

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  • adj. That can be dilated
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Capable of expansion; that may be dilated; -- opposed to contractible
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Capable of expansion; possessing elasticity; elastic: as, a bladder is dilatable by the force of air; air is dilatable by heat.
    • Word Usage
    "Now, as the humors are rather uncontrollable (_male terminabiles_) fluids, they flow towards the exterior and softer parts, like the flesh and skin, which receive their moisture and being soft, dilatable and extensible, there results some swelling."
    Antonym
    contractible   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    swellable    extensible    distensible   
     
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