- hypostatic ectasia
- dilatation of a blood vessel from the effect of gravity on the blood.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
hypostatic ectasia
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ectasia, ectasis — Dilation of a tubular structure. [G. ektasis, a stretching] annuloaortic e. supravalvular dilation of the aorta involving both its wall and the valve ring, which, however, remains of smaller diameter than the more distal … Medical dictionary
