telangiectasiae

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A form of telangiectasia — A condition characterized by dilatation of the capillaries, causing them to appear as small red or purple clusters, often spidery in appearance, on the skin or the surface of an organ.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of telangiectasia

    The telangiectasiae develop between 3 and 6 years of age.

    2015, Jeremy Hull, Julian Forton, Anne Thompson, “Part II. Specific Conditions”, “Chapter 35: Primary immune deficiency”, in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine (Oxford Specialist: Handbooks in Paediatrics), 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, “Ataxia telangiectasia”, page 423
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    The disease starts as a progressive cerebellar ataxia in infancy and later progressive oculocutaneous telangiectasiae develop.

    1966, Acta Pædiatrica Scandinavica, volume 55, page 239, column 1

    In this series these 9 malformations were found on histopathology to be due to one venous hamartoma, seven telangiectasiae, and one mixed hamartoma.

    1974, Neurochirurgia, volume 17, page 84, column 2

    Senile telangiectasiae occur with increasing frequency with age, and are more common in Caucasian women.

    2007, Debra S. Heller, “6. Neoplasms and Related Lesions of the Vulva”, in Debra S. Heller, Robert C. Wallach, editors, Vulvar Disease: A Clinicopathological Approach, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 149
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