Hegar's dilator

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• Dilator — A device used to stretch or enlarge an opening. Patients with scarring of the muscular tube through which food passes from the throat to the stomach (esophagus) can require a dilator procedure in order to open the esophagus for adequate passage… …   Medical dictionary

• dilator — n. 1) an instrument used to enlarge a body opening or cavity. For example, the male urethra may become narrowed by disease and it can sometimes be restored to its original size by inserting a dilator. Dilators (such as Hegar s dilator) are also… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Hegar dilator sign — He·gar dilator, sign (haґgahr) [Alfred Hegar, German gynecologist, 1830–1914] see under dilator and sign …   Medical dictionary

• Hegar — Alfred, German gynecologist, 1830–1914. See H. dilators, under dilator, H. sign …   Medical dictionary

• Ernst Ludwig Alfred Hegar — Ernst Ludwig Alfred Hegar, aka Alfred Hegar, was a German gynecologist famous for developing new medical tools and techniques. He was born January 6 1830 in Darmstadt, Germany and died August 5 1914. He was buried in Breisgau. Hegar was the son… …   Wikipedia

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