| ectacolia | An obsolete term for colectasia. Origin: G. Ektasis, a stretching, + kolon, colon (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ectad | <anatomy> Toward the outside or surface; opposed to entad. Origin: Ect- + L. Ad towards. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ectal | <anatomy> Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer; opposed to ental. See: Ect-. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ectal origin | Superficial origin, or apparent origin, the point where the nerve emerges from the brain. Origin: L. Origo, source, beginning, fr. Orior, to rise (05 Mar 2000) |
| ectasia | <medicine> A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal. Origin: NL. See Ectasis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ectasia cordis | Dilation of the heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ectasia ventriculi paradoxa | A condition in which there is a central constriction of the wall of the stomach dividing it into two cavities, cardiac and pyloric. Synonym: bilocular stomach, ectasia ventriculi paradoxa. Leather-bottle stomach, marked thickening and rigidity of the stomach wall, with reduced capacity of the lumen although often without obstruction; nearly always due to scirrhous carcinoma, as in linitis plastica. Synonym: sclerotic stomach. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ectatic | Relating to, or marked by, ectasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ectatic aneurysm | An aneurysm in which all the coats of the artery, though stretched, are unruptured. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ectatic emphysema | Obstructive airway disease with areas of dilatation of alveoli acini. Seen primarily in association with inherited deficiency of alpha-1 protease inhibitor. See: panlobular emphysema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ectatic marginal degeneration of cornea | Bilateral opacification and vascularization of the periphery of the cornea, progressing to formation of a gutter and ectasia. Synonym: ectatic marginal degeneration of cornea. (05 Mar 2000) |