tel·an·gi·ec·ta·sia 
(tĕl-ăn′jē-ĕk-tāzhə) also tel·an·gi·ec·ta·sis (-ĕktə-sĭs)
(tĕl-ăn′jē-ĕk-tāzhə) also tel·an·gi·ec·ta·sis (-ĕktə-sĭs)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; see ten- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]
tel·an′gi·ec·tatic (-tătĭk) adj.