/tuy'euh lek"teuh sis/ , n. , pl. ptyalectases /-seez'/ .
spontaneous or surgical dilatation of a salivary duct.
[ ptýal ( on ) saliva + éktasis a stretching out, equiv. to ek- EC- + ta-, var. s. of teínein to stretch + -sis -SIS ]
/tuy'euh lek"teuh sis/ , n. , pl. ptyalectases /-seez'/ .
spontaneous or surgical dilatation of a salivary duct.
[ ptýal ( on ) saliva + éktasis a stretching out, equiv. to ek- EC- + ta-, var. s. of teínein to stretch + -sis -SIS ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012