atresia
Meanings
noun
- A condition in which a body orifice or passage in the body is abnormally closed or absent.
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Etymology
From Latin atresia, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not, without”) and τρῆσις (trêsis, “perforation”).
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