hemangiectasis

hemangiectasis

 [he-man″je-ek´tah-sis]

dilatation of blood vessels.

he·man·gi·ec·ta·sis

, hemangiectasia (hē'man-jē-ek'tă-sis, hem-an-; -ek-tā'zē-ă),

Dilation of blood vessels.

[G. haima, blood, + angeion, vessel, + ektasis, a stretching]

he·man·gi·ec·ta·sis

, hemangiectasia (hē-man'jē-ek'tă-sis, -ek-tā'zē-ă)

Dilation of blood vessels.
Synonym(s): haemangiectasis, haemangiectasia.

[G. haima, blood, + angeion, vessel, + ektasis, a stretching]