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atresia
(redirected from Choanal atresia)

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atresia [ə′trē·zhə]
(medicine)
Imperforation or closure of a natural orifice or passage of the body.
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It has also successfully conducted bilateral choanal atresia surgery ti save lives of newborn babies, said Francesca.
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[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Computed tomography (CT) revealed that the distress was indeed caused by a bilateral mixed bony and membranous choanal atresia (figure 1, A), a finding that was confirmed by nasal endoscopy Figure 1.
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