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Ectasis vs Ectasia - What's the difference?

ectasis | ectasia |

As nouns the difference between ectasis and ectasia

is that ectasis is dilatation: for example, bronchiectasis, which refers to a pathologic dilatation of the bronchi of the lung while ectasia is ectasis.

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.

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    ectasia

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) ectasis
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