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Where does “vasodilation” come from?

Vasodilation is a compound of vaso- (from Latin vas, meaning vessel) and dilation (from Latin dilatāre, meaning to spread wide).

vasodilation (English): Dilation or widening of the blood vessels

Definitions

  1. Dilation or widening of the blood vessels

Ancestry of “vasodilation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdilationThe act of dilating; State of being dilated;...
2EnglishdilateTo enlarge; to make bigger; To become wider or...
3Middle Englishdilaten—
4Old Frenchdilater—
5Latindīlātō—
6Latindifferō—
7Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
8Latincalceusshoe
9Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
10Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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