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paraesophageal

paraesophageal adjective: across the esophagus.

Adjective

paraesophageal (not comparable)

  1. Across the esophagus
    • Therefore, they object to routine use of mesh for laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair (LPHR) [6 ,8 ,9 ].2015 October 16, “Use of Mesh in Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair: A Meta-Analysis and Risk-Benefit Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of paraesophageal

From para- + esophageal.

Questions about paraesophageal

What does paraesophageal mean?
Paraesophageal means across the esophagus.
What part of speech is paraesophageal?
Paraesophageal is an adjective.

Words near paraesophageal in the dictionary

  1. paraenesis
  2. paraenetic
  3. paraenetical
  4. paraenetically
  5. paraepiglottic
  6. paraesophageal
  7. paraesthesia
  8. paraesthesias
  9. paraesthesis
  10. paraesthetic
  11. paraetymology

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