Of or relating to an abnormal closure or congenital absence of a bodily opening.[From Neo-Latin, from Greek a- (not) + tresis (perforation).]
"'Is that aorta atretic?' Geoff asked." Michael Ruhlman; Walk on Water: Inside an Elite Pediatric Surgical Unit; Viking Books; 2003.This week's theme: words related to medicine.
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