ectasis
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: éctasis
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἔκτασις (éktasis).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ectasis (countable and uncountable, plural ectases)
- (medicine) dilatation: for example, bronchiectasis, which refers to a pathologic dilatation of the bronchi of the lung.
- (phonology) The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.