Definitions for atresia

atresia a·tre·sia

Spelling: [uh-tree-zhuh, -zhee-uh]
IPA: /əˈtri ʒə, -ʒi ə/

Atresia is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 247 anagrams from letters in atresia (aaeirst).

Definitions for atresia

noun

  1. the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.

Origin of atresia

1800-10; New Latin Greek a- a-6 + três(is) perforation + -ia -ia

Examples for atresia

Sometimes there is a complete closure or atresia of the lower part of the colon.

Perhaps in some cases of atresia there may be a secondary obliteration of a previously formed opening.

atresia was in no instance great enough to account for the complete loss of enlarged follicles.

atresia etiam consequitur vulnera et inflammationes morborum, ut diphtheritis et scarlatina.

Word Value for atresia
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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