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| Domain | Definition |
Health | The muscle between the esophagus and stomach. When a person swallows, this muscle relaxes to let food pass from the esophagus to the stomach. It stays closed at other times to keep stomach contents from flowing back into the esophagus. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER |
| Specialty definitions using "LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER": Esophageal Achalasia ♦ Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease ♦ Tips to control heartburn. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | At the bottom of the esophagus is a muscle called the lower esophageal sphincter, which acts as a valve. (references) | |
Normally the hiatus and the lower esophageal sphincter line up with each other to keep stomach contents from backing up into the esophagus (a condition called reflux). (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | musculus sphincter. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 4F 57 45 52 45 53 4F 50 48 41 47 45 41 4C 53 50 48 49 4E 43 54 45 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01001111 01010111 01000101 01010010 00100000 01000101 01010011 01001111 01010000 01001000 01000001 01000111 01000101 01000001 01001100 00100000 01010011 01010000 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000011 01010100 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L O W E R   E S O P H A G E A L   S P H I N C T E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 004F 0057 0045 0052 0045 0053 004F 0050 0048 0041 0047 0045 0041 004C 0053 0050 0048 0049 004E 0043 0054 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46495739522395349504235413935462535042434837543952 |
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