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Ectasis vs Aneurysm - What's the difference?

ectasis | aneurysm |

As nouns the difference between ectasis and aneurysm

is that ectasis is dilatation: for example, bronchiectasis, which refers to a pathologic dilatation of the bronchi of the lung while aneurysm is (pathology) an abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.

ectasis

English

Noun

(ectases)
  • dilatation: for example, bronchiectasis, which refers to a pathologic dilatation of the bronchi of the lung.
  • The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.

    • Anagrams

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    aneurysm

    English

    (wikipedia aneurysm)

    Alternative forms

    * aneurism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pathology) An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.

    • Derived terms

    * aneurysmatic * aneurysmal