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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

The Orion spacecraft, NASA’s next generation of manned craft in development, also features an LES mounted on top of the craft, called a Launch Abort System.

From Time • Nov. 18, 2014

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

One large octavo vol., paper covers, $1.00, or cloth bound, $1.50 LES MISERABLES.—A superior edition of the same Novel, in five handsome octavo vols.—"Fantine,"

From Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac by Armstrong, William H.