dilator
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a muscle or nerve that dilates or widens a body part
Types & categories
- body part hypernym
Related & opposite
- distend derivation
Sense 2 noun
a drug that causes dilation
Types & categories
- drug hypernym
- vasodilator hyponym
Related & opposite
- distend derivation
Sense 3 noun
a surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ
Types & categories
- surgical instrument hypernym
Related & opposite
- distend derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distend |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | body part |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | distend |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | drug |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vasodilator |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | distend |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | surgical instrument |