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BARRETT'S-ESOPHAGUS


originator: Micha
origination date: 04/01/2002
subject field: medical condition
check date: 25/02/2002
checker: Pamela
subject field: medicine: risk factor
URL: http://www.mcevoy.demon.co.uk/Medicine/Pathology/GenPath/GIPath/Oesophagus/Barrett.html


Conceptual Structures
ISADIGESTIVE-SYSTEM-DISEASE
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DIGESTIVE-SYSTEM-DISEASE
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
LIVING-EVENT
PHYSICAL-EVENT


English
Barrett's esophagusdefinition: condition in which the normal squamous epithelium of the esophagus is replaced by a metaplastic columnar epithelium. It is associated with a higher incidence of cancer of the esophagus. (en)
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 5
term type: main entry term
Barrett's syndromenumber: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 5
term type: synonym

Spanish
esófago de Barrettdefinition: condición en la que el epitelio de tipo escamoso normal del esófago se transforma en un epitelio de tipo cilíndrico o columnar. Está asociada con una mayor incidencia de cáncer esofágico. (es)
gender: masculine
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 5
term type: main entry term