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esophagoplication
1. Reduction in the size of a dilated esophagus or of a pouch within it by making longitudinal folds or tucks in its wall.
2. The reduction in size of the lumen of a segment of the esophagus or of an esophageal pouch by the creation and suturing of veritical folds.
2. The reduction in size of the lumen of a segment of the esophagus or of an esophageal pouch by the creation and suturing of veritical folds.
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-ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation)
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eso-, es-, eis-
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esophag-, esophago-
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