expansile

[ ik-span-sil, -sahyl ]

adjective

1. capable of expanding; such as to expand.
2. pertaining to expansion.

expansile

/ ɪkˈspænsaɪl /

adjective

1. able to expand or cause expansion
2. of or relating to expansion

Other Words From

• nonex·pansile adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of expansile¹

First recorded in 1720–30; expans(ion) + -ile

Example Sentences

There was well-marked expansile pulsation, purring thrill along the jugular vein and over the tumour, and loud machinery murmur widely diffused along the whole neck and into the thorax.

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Hollow metallic bodies presenting an opening toward the observer may be removed with a grooved expansile forceps as shown in Figs 23 and 25, or its edge may be grasped by the regular side-grasping forceps.

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Cystic tumours and abscesses in the neck are sometimes more difficult to differentiate on account of the apparently expansile character of the pulsation transmitted to them.

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They differed from the last variety mainly in the more localised nature of the tumour, the greater firmness of its walls, and the more pronounced expansile pulsation.

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The pulsation is of an expansile character, which is detected by observing that when both hands are placed over the swelling they are separated with each beat of the heart.

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