atresia
[əˈtriːʃə, -zɪə]noun
[mass noun]
(Medicine)absence or abnormal narrowing of an opening or passage in the body
(医)无孔,闭锁,不通
(Physiology)the degeneration of those ovarian follicles which do not ovulate during the menstrual cycle
(生理)(不排卵的卵巢滤泡的)萎缩消失
语源
early 19th cent.: from a- 'without' + Greek trēsis 'perforation' + -ia