telangiectasis

noun pl. -·ses′-sēz′

Med. chronic dilatation of capillaries and small arterial branches, producing small, reddish tumors in the skin, as of the face, thighs, etc.

Etymology: ModL < Gr telos, an end (see telo-) + angeion, receptacle (see angio-) + ektasis, extension, dilatation