ectasis
See also: éctasis
English
Pronunciation
Noun
ectasis (countable and uncountable, plural ectases)
- (medicine) dilatation: for example, bronchiectasis, which refers to a pathologic dilatation of the bronchi of the lung.
- (phonology) The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.
Synonyms
Translations
dilatation
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the lengthening of a syllable from short to long
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