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di·late

 (dī-lāt′, dī′lāt′)
v. di·lat·ed, di·lat·ing, di·lates
v.tr.
To make wider or larger; cause to expand.
v.intr.
1. To become wider or larger; expand.
2. To speak or write at great length on a subject; expatiate.

[Middle English dilaten, from Old French dilater, from Latin dīlātāre, to enlarge : dī-, dis-, apart; see dis- + lātus, wide.]

di·lat′a·bil′i·ty n.
di·lat′a·ble adj.
di·lat′a·bly adv.
di·la′tive adj.
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Binding to not only [beta]-receptors but also [alpha]-receptors gives a beta-blocker, in addition to its negative inotropic effects on myocardium, a dilative effect on smooth muscle cells of blood vessels therefore reducing also blood pressure.
Genetic IRAK-M loss was associated with accentuated inflammation and increased dilative remodeling following infarction [102, 103].
However, the use of anaesthetic drugs and positive pressure ventilation as well as a relative intra-operative hypovolaemia might compensate for the 'dilative effect' of older age and cardiac disease on chamber dimensions.
Forty months previously, he had undergone heart transplantation for end-stage heart failure as a result of dilative cardiomyopathy (DCM) for approximately five years.