ectasia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκτασις (éktasis), from ἐκτείνω (ekteínō, “I stretch out”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛkˈteɪzjə/

Noun

ectasia (countable and uncountable, plural ectasias)

  1. (medicine) Synonym of ectasis

Derived terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ectasia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Italian

Noun

ectasia f (plural ectasie)

  1. (medicine) ectasis

Anagrams

Spanish

Noun

ectasia f (plural ectasias)

  1. (medicine) ectasis

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