See Also: diffuse arterial ectasia(medicine)
Ectasia(medicine)
ectasia(dictionary)
scleral ectasia(medicine)
ectasia cordis(medicine)
hypostatic ectasia(medicine)
corneal ectasia(medicine)
senile ectasia(medicine)
aortoannular ectasia(medicine)
Mammary duct ectasia(medicine)

aggrandize (iou) and diffuse arterial ectasia (medicine)


aggrandize (iou)



aggrandize verb. Also aggrandise. M17.
[Old & mod. French agrandiss- lengthened stem of agrandir prob. from Italian aggrandire, from Latin grandis GRAND adjective1; assim. to verbs in -IZE.]
verb trans. Increase, magnify, intensify, (a thing). Now rare in gen. sense. M17.
verb intrans. Become greater. M17-E18.
verb trans. Increase the power, wealth, or rank of (a person or State). L17.
verb trans. Make appear greater than the reality. L17.
aggrandi'zation noun (now rare) = AGGRANDIZEMENT M17.
aggrandizer noun a person who aggrandizes something M18.

diffuse arterial ectasia (medicine)


diffuse arterial ectasia
Spontaneous enlargement with dilation of the vessels in a circumscribed area.