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

• angiectasia
• angioectasia
• aortectasia
• dolichoectasia
• gastrectasia
• keratectasia
• sialectasia

 

References

• “ectasia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Noun

ectasia f (plural ectasie)

1. (medicine) ectasis

Anagrams

• asciate, cestaia

Spanish

Noun

ectasia f (plural ectasias)

1. (medicine) ectasis

Further reading

• “ectasia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10