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DOID:9164 - achalasia

Disease Ontology Definition:An esophageal disease that is characterized by an inability of the esophagus to move food toward the stomach resulting from the lower esophogeal sphincter not fully relaxing during swallowing.

Synonyms: achalasia of cardia, achalasia of esophagus, cardiospasm, esophageal achalasia, hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter, Lack of reflex relaxation of lower oesophageal sphincter

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Other Model Organisms: Alliance, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD

Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee
Parent(s): esophageal disease (is_a)