TELANGIECTASIA

[tel.an.gi.ec.ta.sia] or tel.an.gi.ec.ta.sis n, pl -ta.sias or -ta.ses [NL, fr. tel- + angi- + ectasia, ectasis (as in atelectasis)] (1831): an abnormal dilatation of capillary vessels and arterioles that often forms an angioma -- tel.an.gi.ec.tat.ic adj