telangiectasia

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Telangiectasia on her thigh is circled in yellow.

Etymology

Mid 19th century New Latin, from telo- +‎ angiectasia, reflecting Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, end, telo-) +‎ Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, vessel, angio-) +‎ Ancient Greek ἔκτασις (éktasis, stretching out, extension) +‎ Latin -ia.

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telangiectasia (countable and uncountable, plural telangiectasias or telangiectasiae or (archaic) telangiectasiæ)

  1. (medicine, pathology) A condition characterized by dilatation of the capillaries, causing them to appear as small red or purple clusters, often spidery in appearance, on the skin or the surface of an organ.
    • 2008, Mary E. Klingensmith, The Washington Manual of Surgery, page 327:
      Chronic venous disease includes cosmetically undesirable telangiectasias, varicose veins, venous ulceration, and claudication.

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Noun

telangiectasia f (plural telangiectasie)

  1. (pathology) telangiectasia