ectasia
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔκτασις (éktasis), from ἐκτείνω (ekteínō, “I stretch out”) + -σῐς (-sĭs), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ectasia (countable and uncountable, plural ectasias)
Derived terms
References
- “ectasia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
Noun
ectasia f (plural ectasie)
Anagrams
Spanish
Noun
ectasia f (plural ectasias)
Further reading
- “ectasia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10