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Esophageal
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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.
[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).]
e·sopha·geal (-jl) adj.
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Adj.1.esophageal - relating to the esophagus
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