atresia
pronunciation
How to pronounce atresia in British English:
UK [eɪt'ri:zɪə]
How to pronounce atresia in American English:
US [eɪt'rizɪr]
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- Noun:
- an abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent
Word Origin
- atresia (n.)
- "occlusion of a natural passage in the body," 1807, from Modern Latin atresia, from Greek atretos "not perforated," from a-, privative prefix, + tresis "perforation," from PIE *tere- (1) "to rub, turn," with derivatives referring to boring and drilling (see throw (v.)).
Example
- 1. Surgical management of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum .
- 2. Stenosis or atresia of the mitral and aortic valves .
- 3. Aortic and pulmonary stenosis and atresia .
- 4. Congenital absence , atresia and stenosis of ileum .
- 5. Impact of mitral stenosis and aortic atresia on survival in hypoplastic left heart syndrome .