ectad

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɛk(ˌ)tæd/

Definition of ectad

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete)outward
    “Insertion was ectad of the rectus almost to the midventral line.”
    “This is the cephalic and ventral ramus of the common trunk; it is ectad of the carotid artery and the facial vein, entad of the submaxillary gland, and upon the ectal surface of the masseter muscle.”
    “Its cranial border is thickened and somewhat curled around the anterior fifth of the ilium and distad lies in the groove between the gluteus medius and the iliacus, continuing ectad of the proximal end of the vastus externus the cranial border of the biceps femoris to which it has a short semitendinous attachment distad and ectad of its insertion on the great trochanter.”

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Etymology

From ecto- + -ad.

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