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ectasia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ectasia has 1 sense
- ectasia(n = noun.state) ectasis - dilatation or distension of a hollow organ; Array is a kind of dilatation, distension, distention
has particulars: lymphangiectasia, lymphangiectasis, alveolar ectasia
CIDE DICTIONARY
ectasia, n. [NL. See Ectasis.].
A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal. [1913 Webster]
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