Tags

Type your tag names separated by a space and hit enter

telangiectasia, telangiectasis

telangiectasia, telangiectasis is a topic covered in the Taber's Medical Dictionary.

To view the entire topic, please or purchase a subscription.

Nursing Central is the award-winning, complete mobile solution for nurses and students. Look up information on diseases, tests, and procedures; then consult the database with 5,000+ drugs or refer to 65,000+ dictionary terms. Explore these free sample topics:

Nursing Central

-- The first section of this topic is shown below --

(tel″an″jē-ek-tā′zh(ē-)ă)

(tel″an″jē-ek′tă-sĭs )

[tel- + angi- + -ectasis]
A vascular lesion formed by dilatation of a group of small blood vessels. It may appear as a birthmark or become apparent in young children. It may also be caused by long-term exposure to the sun. Although the lesion may occur anywhere on the skin, it is seen most frequently on the face and thighs.
telangiectatic (tel″an″jē-ek″tat′ik), adj.


TELANGIECTASIA

-- To view the remaining sections of this topic, please or purchase a subscription --

Citation

Venes, Donald, editor. "Telangiectasia, Telangiectasis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763993/all/telangiectasia__telangiectasis.
Telangiectasia, telangiectasis. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763993/all/telangiectasia__telangiectasis. Accessed July 20, 2019.
Telangiectasia, telangiectasis. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763993/all/telangiectasia__telangiectasis
Telangiectasia, Telangiectasis [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 July 20]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763993/all/telangiectasia__telangiectasis.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - ELEC T1 - telangiectasia, telangiectasis ID - 763993 ED - Venes,Donald, BT - Taber's Medical Dictionary UR - https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763993/all/telangiectasia__telangiectasis PB - F.A. Davis Company ET - 23 DB - Nursing Central DP - Unbound Medicine ER -