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Ectasia

Definition: Ectasia

Ectasia

Noun

1. Dilatation or distension of a hollow organ.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Ectasia \Ec*ta"si*a\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Ectasis.]. (Websters 1913)

"Ectasia" is a common misspelling or typo for: acacia, cassia, cetacean, ecstasies, ecstasy, etesian.

Synonym: Ectasia

Synonym: ectasis (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Ectasia

English words defined with "ectasia": alveolar ectasia. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ectasia": Caroli's DiseaseGastric Antral Vascular Ectasia. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Ectasia

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

This is called dural ectasia. (references)

Features of regression, including the presence of melanophages, lymphocytes, fibrosis, and vascular ectasia, with absence or degeneration of melanocytes in the papillary dermis, sometimes with no overlying intraepidermal component, may be present. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: Ectasia

Expressions using "ectasia": alveolar ectasia Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ectasia

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

ectasia

19

ductal ectasia

13

duct ectasia

13

dural ectasia

6

coronary ectasia

4

corneal ectasia

3

ectasia vascular

3

gastric antral vascular ectasia

2

ectasia pielica

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Ectasia

Language Translations for "ectasia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ektasi. (various references)

   

French

  

ectasie. (various references)

   

German

  

Ektasie, Ektasia, Ectasia. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ectasiaay.(various references)

   

Spanish

  

ectasia. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Ectasia

Derivations

Words ending with "ectasia": telangiectasia. (additional references)

Words containing "ectasia": telangiectasias. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Ectasia"

Words rhyming with "ectasia" (pronounced 'Ec*ta"si*a'): Abasia, Acinesia, AEsthesia, Akinesia, Amnesia, Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Antonomasia, Aphrasia, Aplasia, Athrepsia, Atresia, Dionysia, Dysaesthesia, Dyscrasia, Ecclesia, Eclampsia, Entasia, Euthanasia, Fantasia, Frambaesia, fuchsia, Halesia, Hemianaesthesia, Hyperaesthesia, Hyperesthesia, hyperplasia, Ichthyopsida, macroglossia, magnesia, Marsipobranchia, Monesia, Neoplasia, Palingenesia, Paralgesia, Parnassia, Paronomasia, Parousia, Parrhesia, Parusia, Passiflora, Phlegmasia, Photopsia, Polydipsia, Pseudaesthesia, Quassia, Rafflesia, Russia, Sauropsida, Silesia, Syngenesia, Tephrosia, Xenelasia. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Ectasia

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-s-t"

-1 letter: casita.

-2 letters: aceta, aecia, caste, cates, cesta, cesti, cites, saice, taces.

-3 letters: aces, acta, acts, aits, asci, asea, ates, casa, case, cast, cate, cats, cist, cite, east, eats, etas, etic, ices, sate, sati, scat, seat, sect, seta, sice, site, tace, teas, tics, ties.

-4 letters: aas, ace, act, ais, ait, ate, cat, cis, eat, eta, ice, its, sac, sae, sat, sea, sec, sei, set, sic, sit, tae, tas, tea, tic, tie, tis.

-5 letters: aa, ae, ai, as, at, es, et, is, it, si, ta, ti.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-s-t"
 

+1 letter: estancia, fasciate.

 

+2 letters: abdicates, acetamids, acierates, activates, actuaries, analcites, anapestic, anelastic, ascertain, ascetical, associate, bacterias, calamites, califates, caritases, caseating, caseation, caseinate, castigate, catalexis, catamites, causative, cavitates, chapaties, craniates, emaciates, estancias, fasciated, fascinate, glaciates, haematics, hepaticas, kamacites, laitances, marcasite, masticate, radicates, sectarian, staircase, tailraces, theriacas, vicarates.

 

+3 letters: acclimates, accusative, acetamides, acidulates, actualizes, aerobatics, affricates, alacrities, alkahestic, analeptics, analgetics, anamnestic, anapestics, anticaries, aposematic, apostacies, ascertains, assistance, associated, associates, audacities, autarchies, aviatrices, blatancies, brachiates, cafeterias, calamities, calibrates, caliphates, calmatives, candidates, cantilenas, capacities, capitalise, captivates, cartilages, caryatides, caseations, caseinates, castigated, castigates, casualties, catenaries, causatives, chapatties, chatelains, ciguateras, diaconates, discarnate, eradicates, escalating, escalation, euthanasic, fabricates, fascinated, fascinates, incarnates, isocyanate, machinates, malachites, marcasites, masticated, masticates, metastatic, rapacities, sacahuiste, sagacities, salacities, salicylate, sectarians, semantical, staircases, stalactite, tarriances, vaccinates, vacillates, vasoactive, vicariates.

 

+4 letters: abreactions, abstractive, accidentals, acclimatise, accusatives, acetanilids, actualities, adjudicates, adjutancies, admittances, aeroelastic, aeronautics, aerostatics, aesthetical, aliteracies, altarpieces, anaesthetic, annunciates, anthracites, anticipates, appreciates, architraves, articulates, ascertained, ascetically, aseptically, assistances, associative, atelectasis, atheistical, autocracies, bacteremias, beauticians, blastematic, cachinnates, calumniates, cantatrices, cantharides, cantillates, capacitates, capitalised, capitalises, capitalizes, capitulates, captaincies, caretakings, caricatures, carnalities, carnallites, cartularies, catabolites, catabolizes, catachresis, catalectics, catalepsies, cataleptics, cataplexies, catarrhines, catechismal, catenations, causalities, causatively, ceratopsian, chatelaines, deactivates, decapitates, deracinates, dilatancies, divaricates, elastically, emaciations, emancipates, eradicators, escalations, evacuations, excavations, facilitates, fanaticizes, fasciculate, galactoside, headachiest, hemiacetals, inactivates, isocyanates, lacerations, macerations, mathematics, metaplastic, metasomatic, misallocate, paclitaxels, paediatrics, pancreatins, patriciates, rascalities, reacquaints, reactivates, sacahuistes, salicylates, sanctuaries, secretarial, secretariat, semiaquatic, stagnancies, stalactites, straitlaced, strategical, syllabicate, tetracaines, thalassemic, theatricals, triacetates, vacationers, vaticinates, vulcanisate, waistcoated.

 

+5 letters: acatalectics, acceptations, acclimatised, acclimatises, acclimatizes, acetanilides, acetylations, achromatizes, acquittances, actabilities, aesthetician, affectations, affricatives, altercations, anacreontics, anaesthetics, anecdotalism, anecdotalist, anelasticity, anticathodes, anticlimaxes, antipiracies, apothecaries, appreciators, articulacies, ascertaining, asymmetrical, bacteriostat, bacteriurias, bicarbonates, cancelations, candidatures, capabilities, capacitances, capitularies, cardinalates, carminatives, catachrestic, cataphoresis, caterpillars, catholicates, centenarians, ceratopsians, characteries, chartularies, chatoyancies, comparatives, contaminates, deactivators, decantations, decapitators, declamations, declarations, deescalating, deescalation, defalcations, demarcations, diatomaceous, disassociate, distractable, ecstatically, ectoparasite, ejaculations, emancipators, emasculating, emasculation, eradications, exclamations, extramusical, factualities, fantasticate, fantasticoes, fasciculated, fractionates, galactosemia, galactosemic, galactosides, gynecomastia, hallucinates, incapacities, incarcerates, interactants, intercalates, intercoastal, magistracies, maintenances, majestically, malefactions, malpractices, matriarchies, matriculates, meatpackings, metaphysical, misallocated, misallocates, miscalculate, miscataloged, nonsectarian, osteomalacia, pancreatitis, parasiticide, participates, particulates, patriarchies, prevaricates, radiotracers, rarefactions, ratiocinates, recalibrates, recantations, reclamations, reescalating, reescalation, reincarnates, revaccinates, sanctionable, scapegoating, scapegoatism, scatteration, scatterbrain, secobarbital, secretariats, sectarianism, sectarianize, semantically, semiabstract, separatistic, speciational, spectatorial, straitjacket, syllabicated, syllabicates, thalassemics, thiocyanates, tradescantia, transoceanic, unassociated, vulcanisates, vulcanizates.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Ectasia


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 63 74 61 73 69 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01100011 01110100 01100001 01110011 01101001 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#99 &#116 &#97 &#115 &#105 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0063 0074 0061 0073 0069 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39698667857567

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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