dolichoectasia

English

Etymology

dolicho- +‎ ectasia

Noun

dolichoectasia (countable and uncountable, plural dolichoectasias)

  1. (pathology) elongation and distension of an artery
    • 2015, Abhishek Jha et al., “Trigeminal hypoplasia due to vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia: A new entity”, in Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences‎, volume 10, DOI:10.4103/1817-1745.159189:
      Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia should be considered as a differential in cases of trigeminal nerve hypoplasia and also in cases of obstructive hydrocephalus not explained by other causes.
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