Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0072 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-ectasis: Dilation
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The idea
The suffix ectasis names abnormal dilation or expansion of the structure its root identifies.
In practice
Bronchiectasis is dilation of the bronchi.
Where people slip
Ectasis and stenosis are opposites. One passage widens; the other narrows.
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