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After several somewhat weaker gags of the "Does he want it back?" variety, I learn that it's more formally known as Oesophageal Reflux Disease, which sounds less funny.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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After several somewhat weaker gags of the "Does he want it back?" variety, I learn that it's more formally known as Oesophageal Reflux Disease, which sounds less funny.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Oesophageal cancer is unusual in that its rates are generally higher in low-income countries.
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From the latest newsletter of the Annals of Improbable Research, a medical journal article deemed worthy of our attention: "Demonstration of Oesophageal Reflux Using Live Snakes,"
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Oesophageal candidiasis is a debilitating fungal infection of the oesophagus and is reported in 20 to 40 percent of HIV/Aids patients.
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Oesophageal valve: a funnel-like folding of the oesophagus, extending into the chylific ventricle in some insects, and forming a valve that controls the entrance of food into that organ: = cardiac valvule.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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"Oesophageal cancer is a good example of how Australia is falling short of our potential to prevent cancer through lifestyle change, with 37 per cent of cases attributed to obesity and more than 45 per cent caused by smoking."
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"Oesophageal cancer is a good example of how Australia is falling short of our potential to prevent cancer through lifestyle change, with 37 per cent of cases attributed to obesity and more than 45 per cent caused by smoking."
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"Oesophageal cancer is a good example of how Australia is falling short of our potential to prevent cancer through lifestyle change, with 37 per cent of cases attributed to obesity and more than 45 per cent caused by smoking."
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Oesophageal ulcers are rare, usually are the result of sclerotherapy of oesophageal varices, but may also be associated with reflux esophagitis and Barrett's metaplasia.
Muti 2010
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