lower esophageal sphincter

Acronym	Definition
LES	Lesbian
LES	Lower East Side (Manhattan)
LES	Large Eddy Simulation
LES	Leave and Earnings Statement
LES	Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada)
LES	Lower Esophageal Sphincter
LES	Laser Eye Surgery
LES	Lupus Eritematoso Sistemico (Italian)
LES	Law Enforcement Sources
LES	Living Earth Simulator (research project)
LES	LAN Emulation Server (ATMF)
LES	Lake Effect Snow
LES	Line Errored Seconds
LES	Land Earth Station (INMARSAT)
LES	Logistics Execution System
LES	Launch Escape System
LES	Locally Engaged Staff
LES	Law Enforcement Sensitive (security classification)
LES	Linear Expenditure System
LES	Locally Employed Staff
LES	Lambert-Eaton Syndrome
LES	Leading Edge Services
LES	Luxembourg Employment Study
LES	Lincoln Experimental Satellite
LES	Loop Emulation Service
LES	LAN Extension Service
LES	Locally-Enhanced Sampling
LES	Lakeshore Engineering Services (Detroit, MI)
LES	Learning and Evaluation Situation (psychology)
LES	Waste Management Laboratory
LES	Low Energy System
LES	Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc
LES	Local Education Service
LES	Local Engineering Specification
LES	Launch Environment Simulator
LES	Life Enhancement Skills (UK FE students)
LES	Local Excitatory State
LES	Laser Evaluator System
LES	Laboratorio de Energie Solar
LES	Launch Effort Simulator
LES	Launch Enable System (Titan II)
LES	Law Enforcement Squadron
LES	Large Extension Switch
LES	Lawrence Experimental Station
LES	Loral Electronics Systems
LES	Launch Enable Switch (US Navy)
LES	Loop Expert Systems (Loop Expert Technologies)
LES	Loaded Equipment Section
LES	Local Exported Schema
LES	Laser and Enterprise Business Solutions (Hewlett-Packard)
LES	Liquid Effluent Services (Office of Scientific and Technical Information; US Department of Energy)
LES	Lutheran Elementary School (various locations)
LES	Lower Eastern Shore (region)

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A transnasal esophageal pH catheter with a sensor placed 5 cm above the lower esophageal sphincter recorded reflux events and the acid clearance time for each event, while polysomnography recorded reflux-associated arousals and awakenings. Sleep aid suppresses reflux-related awakening by Moon, Mary Ann / Clinical Psychiatry News When the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) that separates the esophagus and the stomach fails to close properly, the stomach contents--a mix of food, enzymes, bile, and acid--backwash into the esophagus, often producing the sour taste and discomfort or outright pain of heartburn. Treating heartburn and GERD by Klotter, Jule / Townsend Letter However there are times when the Lower Esophageal Sphincter does not operate properly, then acid from the stomach reflux into the esophagus. Acid Disorder Reflux Is It Heartburn or Something Totally Different.. by Ramshankar / Health, general community	LOVE LOVEM LOVEMUFFIN LOVERS LOVF LOVJ LOVL LOVLAS LOVM LOVOC LOVOS LOVR LOVSAR LOVT LOVUS LOW LOWA LOWAT LOWB LOWC LOWCAP LOWDPOA LOWE LOWEC LoWER lower esophageal sphincter LOWESS LOWI LOWISA LOWM LOWNP LOWO LOWP(I) LOWR LOWS LOWT LOWTRAN LOWV LOX LOX-DB LOXAT LOXFM LOXG LOXJET LoxP LOXSE LOXSL LOY LOYA LOYBL LOYD	Lower East Side, Manhattan Lower Eastern Shore Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Committee Lower Eastern Shore Research and Education Center Lower Eastside Service Center Lower Echelon Command and Control Lower Echelon Command and Control Battlefield Operating System Lower Echelon Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence Lower Echelon Knowledge System Lower Echelon Reporting Surveillance Module Lower Echelon Reporting System Lower Economically Developed Country Lower Egypt Lower Egypt Lower Elements Police Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District Lower Elwha Indian Reservation Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Lower Empire Lower Empire Lower Enclosure Assembly Lower Epidermis Lower Epidermis Lower Epidermis Lower Equipment Bay Lower Equipment Module Lower Erebus Hut Lower Esophageal Ring Lower Esophageal Ring lower esophageal sphincter Lower Esophageal Sphincter Length Lower Esophageal Sphincter Pressure Lower Esophageal Sphincter Relaxation Lower explosive limit Lower Exposure Action Value Lower Exposure Limit lower extremity lower extremity Lower Extremity Amputation Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention Program Lower Extremity Arterial Bypass Lower Extremity Arterial Reconstruction Lower Extremity Arterial Revascularization Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis Lower Extremity Edema Lower Extremity Equipment-Related Lower Extremity Functional Scale Lower Extremity Lean Body Mass Lower Extremity Mobility Disability lower extremity monitoring Lower Extremity Muscle Performance Lower Extremity Reversed Vein Bypass Grafts lower extremity suspension Lower Extremity Venous Ultrasonography Lower eyelid Lower eyelid Lower eyelid

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A transnasal esophageal pH catheter with a sensor placed 5 cm above the lower esophageal sphincter recorded reflux events and the acid clearance time for each event, while polysomnography recorded reflux-associated arousals and awakenings.

Sleep aid suppresses reflux-related awakening by Moon, Mary Ann / Clinical Psychiatry News

When the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) that separates the esophagus and the stomach fails to close properly, the stomach contents--a mix of food, enzymes, bile, and acid--backwash into the esophagus, often producing the sour taste and discomfort or outright pain of heartburn.

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