dilatação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dīlātātiōnem. By surface analysis, dilatar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.la.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒi.la.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.lɐ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: di‧la‧ta‧ção

Noun

dilatação f (plural dilatações)

1. dilation, dilatation
   1. act or effect of dilating or expanding
   2. (physics) increase in volume or dimensions of a body due to an increase in temperature
   3. enlargement
   4. enlargement, expansion
   5. increment
   6. distension
   7. (physiology, medicine) increase, spontaneous or provoked, in the dimensions of a hollow organ, canal or orifice
   8. extension

Further reading

• “dilatação”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “dilatação”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024