ectasia, ectasis
(ek-tā′zh(ē-)ă )
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Dilatation of any tubular vessel.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Ectasia, Ectasis." Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761979/all/ectasia_ectasis.
Ectasia, ectasis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761979/all/ectasia_ectasis. Accessed October 9, 2026.
Ectasia, ectasis. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761979/all/ectasia_ectasis
Ectasia, Ectasis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 October 09]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761979/all/ectasia_ectasis.
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