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noun
Synonym of ectasis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: ectasis
Antonyms: none provided
noun
dilatation or distension of a hollow organ
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: ectasis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dilatation, distension, distention
Narrower terms: lymphangiectasia, lymphangiectasis, alveolar ectasia
History
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”).
