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dolichoectasia

dolichoectasia noun: elongation and distension of an artery.

Noun

dolichoectasia (countable and uncountable, plural dolichoectasias)

  1. elongation and distension of an artery
    • Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia should be considered as a differential in cases of trigeminal nerve hypoplasia and also in cases of obstructive hydrocephalus not explained by other causes.2015, Abhishek Jha et al., “Trigeminal hypoplasia due to vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia: A new entity”, in Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences, volume 10, →DOI

Forms of dolichoectasia

pluraldolichoectasias

Origin of dolichoectasia

From dolicho- + ectasia.

Questions about dolichoectasia

What does dolichoectasia mean?
Dolichoectasia means elongation and distension of an artery.
What part of speech is dolichoectasia?
Dolichoectasia is a noun.
What is the plural of dolichoectasia?
The plural of dolichoectasia is dolichoectasias.

Words near dolichoectasia in the dictionary

  1. dolichocranial
  2. dolichoderine
  3. dolichoderines
  4. dolichoderomorph
  5. dolichoderomorphs
  6. dolichoectasia
  7. dolichoectasias
  8. dolichoectatic
  9. dolichofacial
  10. dolichoi
  11. dolichoic

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