Usually means: Obstruction of an organ's opening.
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▸ noun:  (medicine) An obstruction, especially of a sweat gland.

Similar:
apocrinitis, empyesis, hidrosis, adenophlegmon, diacrisis, epiphora, exacervation, diaphoresis, sweats, exocrinopathy, more...

Opposite:
apoptosis, necrosis, cell death

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Similar:
apocrinitis, empyesis, hidrosis, adenophlegmon, diacrisis, epiphora, exacervation, diaphoresis, sweats, exocrinopathy, more...

Opposite:
apoptosis, necrosis, cell death



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