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発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪleɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/, /dɪleɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌdaɪləˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

dilatation (usually uncountable, 複数形 dilatations)

1. Prolixity; diffuse discourse.
2. The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on all sides; the state of being dilated
   • 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)‎^[1]:

     These [boys being groomed as prostitutes] are sold by their parents (sometimes stolen from them), about the age of 4, and educated, while they are also subjected to a special physical training, which includes massage of the gluteal regions to favor development, dilatation of the anus, and epilation (which is not, however, practised by Chinese women).

   Synonym: dilation

3. A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.

   Synonym: dilation

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