dilated /daɪˈleɪtɪd/ adjective2 •Having undergone dilation; enlarged.Is a little better, more conscious, and quieter, bowels purged, mercurial stools, pulse jerking 144, right pupil rather more dilated than the left. — 1847 •Relatively large.The sternum forms a long, linear, deeply channeled lobe, between the coxae, the apex very dilated, cordate, with a very elevated ridge in the centre, like a nose in profile — 1855 formsmore dilated · most dilated