pseudoachalasia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
pseudoachalasia (uncountable)
- (medicine) An esophageal condition involving the same obstructive character as achalasia but not of a primary (idiopathic) nature (cause); it is called pseudoachalasia when the term achalasia is intended to mean only the type of such obstruction that is of primary nature, whereas in other terminological schemas it is classified as a type of achalasia, called secondary achalasia in coordinate rank with primary achalasia (true achalasia).[1]
Coordinate terms[edit]
- achalasia (coordinate when not viewed as hypernymous)
References[edit]
- ^ Dylan R. Barnett, George L. Balalis, Jennifer C. Myers, and Peter G. Devitt (2020 June 25) “Diagnosis and treatment of pseudoachalasia: how to catch the mimic”, in Annals of Esophagus, volume 3,