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LES

American  

abbreviation

  1. lower esophageal sphincter.


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LES PIEUX, France — On a sunny but chilly June morning, Dr. Martial Jardel took his black motorcycle out of his camper van, put his helmet on and started the engine.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2021

Neither Potter nor Nothnagel are racking up LES bills with their personal collections.

From Washington Times • Mar. 18, 2017

In fact, Bowie is such a fan of the written word, reports the LES, that if he hadn’t become a musician, he’d have chosen a career as a novelist.

From Time • Oct. 3, 2013

Most other proposed transactions in the global exchanges industry, including bids by the LES, Singapore Exchange Ltd and Nasdaq OMX Group, have since failed.

From Reuters • Jan. 11, 2012

It is to something of all this that Victor Hugo wishes to open men's eyes in LES MISERABLES; and this moral lesson is worked out in masterly coincidence with the artistic effect.

From Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Stevenson, Robert Louis