Pathol. [mod.L., as if a. Gr. *ἐκτασία, f. as next, on the analogy of ἀναισθησία, etc.] A dilatation. A synonym of ANEURISM. (Syd. Soc. Lex.)

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1876.  trans. Wagner’s Gen. Pathol., 599. Bronchial ectasias with intact or ulcerated mucous membrane.

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