ectasia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of ectasis.

Pronunciation

/ɛkˈteɪzjə/

Word forms

ectasia ectasias

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐκτασία (ektasía), from ἔκτασις (éktasis, “a stretching out”) + -ία (-ía, abstract noun suffix), from ἐκτείνω (ekteínō, “to stretch out”) + -σῐς (-sĭs), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”).

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.