ectasia

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛkˈteɪzjə/ === Noun === ectasia (countable and uncountable, plural ectasias) (pathology) Synonym of ectasis. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “ectasia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Italian == === Noun === ectasia f (plural ectasie) (pathology) ectasis (the dilation or distention of a hollow or tubular part of the body, typically due to disease or injury) === Anagrams === asciate, cestaia == Spanish == === Noun === ectasia f (plural ectasias) (pathology) ectasis (the dilation or distention of a hollow or tubular part of the body, typically due to disease or injury) === Further reading === “ectasia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025