Middle English Dictionary Entry
dī̆lātāl n.
Entry Info
Forms | dī̆lātāl n. |
Etymology | ML (ruptūra) dīlātālis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. Rupture from spreading out of a bodily part.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)143b/b : Dilatale [*Ch.(2): the burstynge þat cometh þorgh stracchynge; L dilatalis] is somtyme cured bi desiccatyuez.