atresia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A condition in which a body orifice or passage in the body is abnormally closed or absent.

Word forms

atresia atresias

Etymology

From Latin atresia, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not, without”) and τρῆσις (trêsis, “perforation”).

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