Telangiectasia Definition

tĕl-ănjē-ĕk-tāzhə
noun
Chronic dilation of groups of capillaries causing elevated dark red blotches on the skin.
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Noun

Singular:
telangiectasia
Plural:
telangiectasias

Origin of Telangiectasia

  • New Latin tel(o)– Greek angeion vessel angio– Greek ektasis expansion (from ekteinein to stretch out) (ek-, ex ex-) (teinein to stretch ten- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Telangiectasia Sentence Examples

  • Variations that cause disease are called mutations and A-T results from a defective gene, the ATM gene (for ataxia telangiectasia, mutated), first identified in 1995.

  • Ataxia means poor coordination, and the telangiectasia are tiny, red spider blood vessels which develop in A-T patients, especially on the whites of the eyes and on the surface of the ears.

  • Establishing a diagnosis for ataxia telangiectasia is most difficult in very young children, primarily because the full-blown syndrome is not yet apparent.

  • As of 2004, there is no cure for ataxia telangiectasia, thus specific therapy is not available, and treatment is largely supportive.

  • Any family touched by ataxia telangiectasia is forever affected.

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Words Starting With

TTETEL

Words Ending With

AIASIA

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telangiectasia

Words Starting With T and Ending With A

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14 Letter Words14 Letter Words Starting With T14 Letter Words Ending With A