n.
Chronic dilation of groups of capillaries causing elevated dark red blotches on the skin.
[New Latin : TEL(O)- + Greek angeion, vessel; see angio- + Greek ektasis, expansion (from ekteinein, to stretch out : ek-, ex, ex- + teinein, to stretch).]
telangiectatic tel·an'gi·ec·tat'ic (-tăt'ĭk) adj.
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