ectasia

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ɛkˈteɪzjə/

ectasia (countable and uncountable, plural ectasias)

1. (pathology) Synonym of ectasis.

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

ectasia f (plural ectasie)

1. (pathology) ectasis (the dilation or distention of a hollow or tubular part of the body, typically due to disease or injury)

• asciate, cestaia

ectasia f (plural ectasias)

1. (pathology) ectasis (the dilation or distention of a hollow or tubular part of the body, typically due to disease or injury)

• “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], 10 December 2024