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noun Medicine/Medical.
inability of a circular muscle, especially of the esophagus or rectum, to relax, resulting in widening of the structure above the muscular constriction.
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Achalasia
is always a great word to know.
So is umbilicus. Does it mean:
| the depression in the center of the surface of the abdomen indicating the point of attachment of the umbilical cord to the embryo; navel. |
| the basinlike cavity in the lower part of the trunk of many vertebrates, formed in humans by the innominate bones, sacrum, etc. |
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achalasia ach·a·la·sia (āk'ə-lā'zhə)
n.
The failure of a ring of muscle fibers, such as a sphincter, to relax.
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