Definition of expansile in English:
expansile
adjective ɪkˈspansʌɪlɛkˈspansʌɪlikˈspansəl
Physics Relating to or capable of expansion.
Example sentencesExamples
- The margins were expansile and located within a few millimeters of the overlying epithelium.
- While the mucosa of the gallbladder appeared unremarkable, an expansile neoplasm had infiltrated the full thickness of the wall.
- The gross pattern was expansile and non-infiltrating, but in one patient airway obstruction was critical at the time of surgery.
- A computed tomographic scan of the chest showed an expansile, septated, lytic bone lesion with cortical disruption.
- Microscopically, the tumor nodules were unencapsulated and had a well-defined expansile margin that compressed the adjacent hepatic parenchyma.