All 5 Uses of
dilate
in
Angels & Demons
- Langdon fought the gag reflex and relaxed his chest while his pulmonary capillaries dilated.†
Chpt 49-50 *
- The director of CERN, Maximilian Kohler, opened his eyes to the cool rush of cromolyn and leukotriene in his body, dilating his bronchial tubes and pulmonary capillaries.†
Chpt 57-58
- Langdon closed his eyes and waited, forcing his pupils to dilate so he could see better in the dark.†
Chpt 65-66
- The point billowed, as if feeding on itself, unraveling across the sky in a dilating radius of blinding white.†
Chpt 123-124
- Jacobus flicked a penlight in the man's eyes, testing his dilation.†
Chpt 127-128
Definition:
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(dilate as in: dilated eyes) become wider (bigger)