Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
telangiectasia .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Dilatation of the capillary vessels.
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- noun medicine
dilation of thecapillary vessels
Etymologies
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Examples
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A diffuse telangiectasis, should it require treatment, may be gently touched with a needle-pointed galvanocaustic electrode at a number of sittings.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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On these white areas bright red spots were conspicuous, due to telangiectasis, and there were also some stellate vascular spots and strife interspersed among the pigment.
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On these white areas bright red spots were conspicuous, due to telangiectasis, and there were also some stellate vascular spots and strife interspersed among the pigment.
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In other cases, however, sooner or later the dilated capillaries become permanently enlarged (_telangiectasis_) and acne lesions are often present -- constituting the middle stage or grade of the disease; this is the type most frequently met with.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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