Esophageal

e·soph·a·gus also oe·soph·a·gus  (-sf-gs)

n. pl. e·soph·a·gi also oe·soph·a·gi (-j, -g)

The muscular membranous tube for the passage of food from the pharynx to the stomach; the gullet.

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[Middle English isophagus, from Medieval Latin sophagus, from Greek oisophagos, arbitrary medical coinage perhaps from ois- : future tense stem of pherein, to carry + -phagos, food (unattested sense) (from phagein, to eat; see bhag- in Indo-European roots).]

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e·sopha·geal (-jl) adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

esophageal - relating to the esophagus