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e·soph·a·gus
also oe·soph·a·gus (ĭ-sŏf′ə-gəs)n. pl. e·soph·a·gi (-jī′, -gī′) also oe·soph·a·gi
The muscular tube by which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach; the gullet.
[Middle English isophagus, from Medieval Latin ēsophagus, from Greek oisophagos, arbitrary medical coinage perhaps from ois- : future tense stem of pherein, to carry; see oit- in Indo-European roots + -phagos, food (unattested sense) (from phagein, to eat; see bhag- in Indo-European roots).]
e·soph′a·ge′al (-jē′əl) adj.
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e•soph•a•ge•al
(ɪˌsɒf əˈdʒi əl, ˌi səˈfædʒ i əl)adj.
pertaining to the esophagus.
[1800–10]
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Adj. | 1. | esophageal - relating to the esophagus |
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Translations
e·soph·a·ge·al
a. esofágico-a, rel. al esófago;
___ dilatation → dilatación ___;
___ dysphagia → disfagia esofágica;
___ obstruction → obstrucción ___;
___ piles → várices ___-as;
___ scintigraphy → cintigrafía ___;
___ spasm → espasmo ___.
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esophageal
adj esofágicoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.