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ectases

ectases is the plural of ectasis.

Meaning of ectasis

Noun

ectasis (countable and uncountable, plural ectases)

  1. The dilation or distention of a hollow or tubular part of the body, typically due to disease or injury.
  2. The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.

Questions about ectases

What is ectases the plural of?
Ectases is the plural of ectasis.

Words near ectases in the dictionary

  1. ectaheteromorphs
  2. ectal
  3. ectally
  4. ectara
  5. ectaras
  6. ectases
  7. ectasia
  8. Ectasian
  9. ectasias
  10. ectasis
  11. ectatic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ectases (page history and authors); ectasis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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