postcaustic

adj

postcaustic

adj

Etymology From post- + caustic.

1

Following destruction of tissue

  • In our study, 66 out of 226 (29.2%) incidents of foreign bodies' ingestion were associated with underlying pathologies including esophageal and hypopharyngeal cancer, postcaustic injury benign stenosis, esophageal stricture, and anastomoses.2015 July 15, Chih-Chien Yao et al., “Endoscopic Management of Foreign Bodies in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract of Adults”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:

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