atresia
noun
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
atretic
-
a word derived from
atresia.
Example Sentences
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The interstitial cells are the remains of these atretic vesicles.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
These degenerate follicles have been termed spurious corpora lutea, or atretic vesicles.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
Atretic follicles, ordinarily orange, brown, or purplish, were observed on the ovaries of many of the females examined; in most instances, not more than two follicles of the small or medium size groups were atretic.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.
