Usually means: Abnormal dilation of a tubular structure.
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  1. ectasia: Collins English Dictionary
  2. ectasia: Vocabulary.com
  3. ectasia: Wordnik
  4. ectasia: Wiktionary
  5. -ectasia, ectasia: Dictionary.com
  6. Ectasia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Ectasia: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. ectasia: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. ectasia: Rhymezone
  10. Ectasia: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. ectasia: FreeDictionary.org
  12. ectasia: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. ectasia: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ectasia: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. ectasia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. -ectasia, ectasia: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (medicine) Synonym of ectasis

Similar:
ectasis, capillarectasia, angiectasis, adenodiastasis, ascarosis, ectodermosis, keratoectasia, hemocateresis, atherosis, sialectasia, more...

Opposite:
stenosis, constriction, narrowing

Types:
aneurysm, dilatation, distention, engorgement, swelling, more...

Phrases:
duct ectasia, corneal ectasia, scleral ectasia, alveolar ectasia, annuloaortic ectasia, more...

Adjectives:
mammary, tubular, dural, ductal, corneal, vascular, annuloaortic, renal, gastric, antral, aortic

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Similar:
ectasis, capillarectasia, angiectasis, adenodiastasis, ascarosis, ectodermosis, keratoectasia, hemocateresis, atherosis, sialectasia, more...

Opposite:
stenosis, constriction, narrowing

Types:
aneurysm, dilatation, distention, engorgement, swelling, more...

Phrases:
duct ectasia, corneal ectasia, scleral ectasia, alveolar ectasia, annuloaortic ectasia, mammary duct ectasia, Gastric antral vascular ectasia, collie ectasia syndrome, hypostatic ectasia, more...

Adjectives:
mammary, tubular, dural, ductal, corneal, vascular, annuloaortic, renal, gastric, antral, aortic



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