ectasia (redirected from Annuloaortic ectasia)

Ec`ta´si`a

n.

1.

(Med.) A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal.

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ectasia

the swelling of a hollow organ of the body, as a vein.

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Noun

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ectasia - dilatation or distension of a hollow organ ectasis dilatation, distention, distension - the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions lymphangiectasia, lymphangiectasis - dilatation of a lymph vessel alveolar ectasia - abnormal enlargement of the air sacs in the lungs