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Definition of Ectases
1. ectasis [n] - See also: ectasis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ectases
Literary usage of Ectases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Dermatology: Designed for Students and by William Allen Pusey (1917)
"PAPILLARY ectases The papillary dilatations, ... They are usually classed as
ectases, but are really new ..."
2. The Care of the Skin and Hair by William Allen Pusey (1912)
"They show no tendency to disappear, and their removal without scarring is rather
difficult VASCULAR ectases (Permanent Bed Spots in the Skin) Occasionally ..."
3. Text-book of general and special pathology for students and practitioners by Henry Turner Brooks (1915)
"Similar formations—ectases — occur in the trachea, but they are almost always
... The ectases usually affect many portions of many bronchi of one or ..."
4. Twentieth Century Practice: An International Encyclopedia of Modern Medical by Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1898)
"... in chronic glanders, leading to the development of cylindrical ectases of
variable dimensions that are filled with a thick, creamy, purulent material. ..."
5. Diseases of the Kidneys and of the Spleen, Hemorrhagic Diseases by Hermann Senator, Moritz Litten, Alfred Stengel (1905)
"They are often filled with coagulation products of lymph, so that we can say
positively we are dealing in these cases with ectases of the lymphatic vessels ..."
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