ECTASIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ectasia mean? 

• ECTASIA (noun)
  The noun ECTASIA has 1 sense:

1. dilatation or distension of a hollow organ

  Familiarity information: ECTASIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECTASIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dilatation or distension of a hollow organ

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ectasia; ectasis

Hypernyms ("ectasia" is a kind of...):

dilatation; distension; distention (the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ectasia"):

lymphangiectasia; lymphangiectasis (dilatation of a lymph vessel)

alveolar ectasia (abnormal enlargement of the air sacs in the lungs)

 Context examples 

A vascular lesion in the papillary dermis resulting from ectasia of pre-existing vessels.

(Angiokeratoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A vascular malformation of developmental origin characterized pathologically by ectasia of superficial dermal capillaries, and clinically by persistent macular erythema.

(Nevus Flammeus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)