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LES

American  

abbreviation

  1. lower esophageal sphincter.


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LES PIEUX, France — On a sunny but chilly June morning, Dr. Martial Jardel took his black motorcycle out of his camper van, put his helmet on and started the engine.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2021

Neither Potter nor Nothnagel are racking up LES bills with their personal collections.

From Washington Times • Mar. 18, 2017

On the private industry side of LESs, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule incorporates the rocket motors of the escape mechanism into the sides of the capsule itself, instead of mounting the LES on top.

From Time • Nov. 18, 2014

Most other proposed transactions in the global exchanges industry, including bids by the LES, Singapore Exchange Ltd and Nasdaq OMX Group, have since failed.

From Reuters • Jan. 11, 2012

The large family of English blunders, to which we have alluded already in speaking of LES TRAVAILLEURS, are of a sort that is really indifferent in art.

From Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Stevenson, Robert Louis