PTYALECTASIS


Meaning of PTYALECTASIS in English

/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 .