Definition of Atretic

1. atresia [adj] - See also: atresia

Medical Definition of Atretic

1. Having an abnormal closure or absence of a body opening or tubular organ (for example, a child born without an oesophagus would have an atretic birthdefect). (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atretic

atray
atrazine
atrazine chlorohydrolase
atrazines
atreach
atrede
atremble
atren
atrepsy
atresia
atresia folliculi
atresias
atresic
atretic (current term)
atretic corpus luteum
atreto-
atretoblepharia
atretopsia
atria
atrial
atrial-well technique
atrial appendage
atrial arrhythmias
atrial arteries
atrial artery

Literary usage of Atretic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"Under these conditions we find that the atretic follicles with relatively large thecae internae, are especially numerous and constitute perhaps the greater ..."

2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1919)
"Some writers state the follicular form of haemorrhage is much rarer than supposed and that the atretic follicle is by far the most frequent site of ovarian ..."

3. Gynecology by William Phillips Graves (1918)
"Limon was the first to recognize their origin from the lutein cells of the theca interna of the atretic follicles. Limon's views have been adopted by the ..."

4. The Internal Secretory Organs: Their Physiology and Pathology by Artur Biedl (1913)
"The atretic follicle is entirely a connective- tissue structure. Involution of the atretic follicle is accompanied by the development of the theca-lutein ..."

5. Pathology and treatment of diseases of women by August Eduard Martin, Philipp Jacob Jung (1912)
"In deeper situated atresias I introduce a drainage-tube, and only after convalescence of the patient I suture the mucous membrane of the atretic cavity with ..."

6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1903)
"When it occurs with any considerable frequency, it must affect the ^barrenness percentage in subsequent breeding seasons. The atretic ..."

7. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1914)
"In general, centrosomes are absent in second polar spindles of atretic ... in atretic follicles, although in a few instances the spindle has all the ..."

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