Ectasia

//ɛkˈteɪzjə// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of ectasis. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    dilatation or distension of a hollow organ wordnet

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ectasisswelling

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐκτασία (ektasía), from ἔκτασις (éktasis, “a stretching out”) + -ία (-ía, abstract noun suffix), from ἐκτείνω (ekteínō, “to stretch out”) + -σῐς (-sĭs), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”).

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