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ectasis

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See also: éctasis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκτασις (éktasis).

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ectasis (countable and uncountable, plural ectases)

  1. (pathology) The dilation or distention of a hollow or tubular part of the body, typically due to disease or injury.
  2. (prosody, phonetics) The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.

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