Path. [mod.L., f. as next + ECTASIS.] Dilatation of the lymphatics.

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1882.  Quain’s Dict. Med., Lymphangiectasis,… lymphatic varix, or varicose dilatation of lymphatic vessels.

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1899.  Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VI. 443. The dilatation of the lymphatics, or lymphangiectasis, may be very diffuse.

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  Hence Lymphangiectatic a. (In recent Dicts.)

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