What is the medical abbreviation UES?
Sometime, there may be more than one meaning of UES abbreviation. However, what is the meaning of the medical abbreviation UES?
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What is the UES medical abbreviation?
In science & medicine, the medical abbreviation UES stands for upper esophageal sphincter.
UES: upper esophageal sphincter
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