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Recent Examples of dilation
Sky additionally takes a beta blocker to account for the more rapidly progressing dilation of her aortic root.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
Follow your surgeon’s instructions for dilation to ensure an optimal outcome.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 23 July 2024
There's a lot of different things that can be happening, like vascular dilation, that can be caused for so many different reasons.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
This can include misoprostol or mifepristone with misoprostol, which causes the uterus to contract and can speed up the process
Procedure: Getting a dilation and curettage (D&C) in the first trimester or a dilation and evacuation (D&E) in the second trimester to empty the uterus.
—Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2024
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
Follow your surgeon’s instructions for dilation to ensure an optimal outcome.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 23 July 2024
There's a lot of different things that can be happening, like vascular dilation, that can be caused for so many different reasons.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
This can include misoprostol or mifepristone with misoprostol, which causes the uterus to contract and can speed up the process
Procedure: Getting a dilation and curettage (D&C) in the first trimester or a dilation and evacuation (D&E) in the second trimester to empty the uterus.
—Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Dilation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dilation. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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