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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
achalasia +   
An esophageal disease that is characterized by an inability of the esophagus to move food toward the stomach resulting from the lower esophogeal sphincter not fully relaxing during swallowing. (DO)
CREST syndrome  
Diffuse Esophageal Spasm 
gastroesophageal reflux disease +   
Plummer-Vinson Syndrome 

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: achalasia of cardia ;   achalasia of esophagus ;   achalasias ;   cardiospasm ;   cardiospasms ;   esophageal achalasia ;   esophageal achalasias ;   hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter ;   lack of reflex relaxation of lower oesophageal sphincter
Related Synonyms: megaesophagus
Primary IDs: MESH:D004931
Xrefs: ICD10CM:K22.0 ;   ICD9CM:530.0 ;   MONDO:0008698 ;   NCI:C84699
Definition Sources: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000267.htm "DO" "DO"

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