telangiectasia

tel·an·gi·ec·ta·sia  (tl-nj-k-tzh) also tel·an·gi·ec·ta·sis (-kt-ss)

n.

Chronic dilation of groups of capillaries causing elevated dark red blotches on the skin.

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[New Latin : tel(o)- + Greek angeion, vessel; see angio- + Greek ektasis, expansion (from ekteinein, to stretch out : ek-, ex, ex- + teinein, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots).]

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tel·angi·ec·tatic (-ttk) adj.