ATRESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does atresia mean? 

• ATRESIA (noun)
  The noun ATRESIA has 1 sense:

1. an abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent

  Familiarity information: ATRESIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATRESIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("atresia" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

 Context examples 

Laryngeal atresia is a congenital failure of the laryngeal opening to develop, resulting in partial or total obstruction at or just above or below the glottis.

(Larynx Atresia, NICHD)

It is characterized by microcephaly, limb abnormalities, esophageal and/or duodenal atresia.

(Feingold Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common reason in children is biliary atresia, a disease of the bile ducts.

(Liver Transplantation, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

A congenital heart defect characterized by the complete atresia of the mitral valve.

(Mitral Valve Atresia, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include cholangitis and biliary atresia.

(Non-Neoplastic Bile Duct Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare form of bile duct disease called biliary atresia occurs in infants.

(Bile Duct Diseases, NIH)

Congenital tracheoesophageal fistula without esophageal atresia.

(Congenital H-type Tracheoesophageal Fistula, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of non-neoplastic disorders include cholangitis and biliary atresia.

(Bile Duct Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

These defects include tricuspid atresia, hypoplastic left or right heart syndrome, double outlet right ventricle, double inlet left ventricle, and other forms of single ventricle defects.

(Common Ventricle Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Atresia of the biliary tract, most commonly of the extrahepatic bile ducts.

(Biliary Atresia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)