A device, tool, or device that expands something, or a substance that causes expansion.
From 'expand' + '-er' (agent noun suffix meaning one that does/makes). Names the tool or substance that performs expansion.
Expanders range from palatal expanders in orthodontics (widening kids' jaws) to tissue expanders in plastic surgery (stretching skin before reconstruction)—same principle, different applications.
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