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What is the meaning of "dilated"?

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Rebecca

"Dilated" in this video means to be enlarge, to make wider or more open. You may already know this, but when a woman has a baby, her cervix needs to be dilated at least 10 centimetres before she can start pushing. In this video, Rachel is upset that four other women are having their babies before her and is saying that she is dilated only three centimetres, not enough for her to start pushing. Ex: Her eyes were extremely dilated. Ex: His wife was dilated at six centimetres; not enough to start pushing. Ex: The medication is going to dilate your pupils in your eyes.

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