See Also: hypostatic ectasia(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
hypostatic(medicine)
hypostatic(dictionary)
hypostatic congestion(medicine)
hypostatic abscess(medicine)
hypostatic pneumonia(medicine)
ectasia(dictionary)
Ectasia(medicine)
corneal ectasia(medicine)

halcyonold (medicine) and hypostatic ectasia (medicine)


halcyonold (medicine)


halcyonold
<zoology> See Alcyonoid.

Origin: Halcyon.

Source: Websters Dictionary


hypostatic ectasia (medicine)


hypostatic ectasia
Dilation of a blood vessel, usually a vein, in a dependent portion of the body, as in varicose veins of the leg.

Mammary duct ectasia, dilation of mammary ducts by lipid and cellular debris in older women; rupture of ducts may result in granulomatous inflammation and infiltration by plasma cells.

See: plasma cell mastitis.

Papillary ectasia, obsolete term for senile haemangioma.