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How to pronounce atresia in English?

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Type of abnormalcy, abnormality

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Alyssa was born with biliary atresia, a condition that leads to liver failure.
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Staging of biliary atresia at diagnosis by molecular profiling of the liver.
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Indications for the surgical repair of unilateral aural atresia in children.
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Biliary atresia is a rare disease of the liver and bile ducts that occurs in infants.
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Grace was diagnosed with congenital birth defect microtia and atresia.
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When a baby has biliary atresia, bile flow from the liver to the gallbladder is blocked.
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This finding led the research team to experiment with a mouse model of biliary atresia.
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This antibody may contribute to the bile duct injury in biliary atresia.
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After this, the number of eggs declines as they age and die by a process known as atresia.
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More examples
  • An abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent
  • Lack of a normal opening from the esophagus, intestines, or the anus.
  • Greek a = negative, and tresis = a hole, hence an absence or closure of a body orifice or tubular organ
  • (atreesia) - Absence or abnormal narrowing of a body opening, e.g. duodenal atresia, the narrowing of part of the small intestine that consequently causes an obstruction.
  • Complete obstruction to a valve or blood vessel, so that blood cannot get past this point in the circulation and has to take an alternative route.
  • A part of the GI tract is absent or gone; this can occur anywhere along the GI tract
  • Absence or malformation of the outer or middle ear. For example, there may be no pinna or ear canal.
  • Connection that is either blocked or missing altogether.
  • Process by which a tissue stops growing, loses its function and degenerates. Synonymous with atrophy. See also follicular atresia and apoptosis.