National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024

Preferred Name	Lower Esophageal Sphincter
Synonyms	Lower Esophageal Sphincter LES
Definitions	A group of muscles between the esophagus and stomach that actively prevents food from rising up out of the stomach.
ID	http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33009
code	C33009
DEFINITION	A group of muscles between the esophagus and stomach that actively prevents food from rising up out of the stomach.
FULL_SYN	Lower Esophageal Sphincter LES
label	Lower Esophageal Sphincter
Legacy Concept Name	Lower_Esophageal_Sphincter
Preferred_Name	Lower Esophageal Sphincter
prefixIRI	Thesaurus:C33009
Semantic_Type	Anatomical Structure
UMLS_CUI	C0227192
subClassOf	http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C32669

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Mapping To	Ontology	Source
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#Lower_Esophageal_Sphincter	OPE	LOOM
http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID103	RADLEX	LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C33009	BERO	LOOM
http://radlex.org/RID/RID103	RADLEX	LOOM
http://www.co-ode.org/ontologies/galen#LowerEsophagealSphincter	GALEN	LOOM
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MSTDE/MT060032	MSTDE	LOOM
http://sbmi.uth.tmc.edu/ontology/ochv#C0227192	OCHV	LOOM