expansile

Examples

• All

• Fibrous dysplasia itself is a benign disease, but because of its expansile nature, it has the potential to cause severe morbidity and even death when it occurs in the craniofacial bones.

  Academic text (2008)

• Physical examination revealed the presence of an expansile mass that had arisen from the left maxillary alveolus and extended superiorly to the orbital floor.

  Academic text (2005)

• Complications occur as a result of the expansile and obliterative nature of the disease process.

  Academic text (2008)

• They recommended routine aspiration of all expansile lesions in the maxillofacial region.

  Academic text (2003)

• Preoperative MRI of the sinuses shows the expansile mass in the left maxillary antrum.

  Academic text (2009)

• B: Axial 72-weighted MRI through the sphenoid sinus shows the expansile mass with high signal intensity.

  Academic text (2006)

• A: On hospital day 3, axial T2-weighted MRI with fat saturation shows the expansile mass of high signal intensity in the left mastoid.

  Academic text (2008)

• Physical examination revealed that an expansile, pink, glistening mass had nearly occluded the external auditory canal and that a firm preauricular mass had extended from the angle of the jaw to the zygoma.

  Academic text (2003)

• A slowly growing, expansile mass in the maxilla or mandible accompanied by spontaneous gingival bleeding near the affected site is the most common symptom of arteriovenous malformation.

  Academic text (2003)

• A T2-weighted MRI showed a 2-cm expansile lesion of abnormally high signal intensity in the left mastoid that extended into the middle ear space (Figure 1).

  Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

E

expandable

vsexpansile

7 4.2

Something that can become larger or hold more

often implies a natural ability to get bigger, especially in gases

E

expansible

vsexpansile

7.3

Able to get bigger in size or volume

tends to get bigger by itself, especially for gases

E

expandible

vsexpansile

5.0

That can become larger in size

describes a natural tendency to get bigger rather than only being enlarged

E

extensile

vsexpansile

• Specialized

8.7

Can stretch out like a tongue or arm to reach farther than usual

focuses on stretching or protrusion rather than internal increase in size

Antonyms

C

contractile

• Specialized

7.4

Able to get smaller by tightening, like muscle tissue

How Expandable

expansile

• Specialized

9.5

expandable

7 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology