Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The muscular membranous tube for the passage of food from the pharynx to the stomach; the gullet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. Alternative spelling of oesophagus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under digestive.
- Same as esophagus, esophageal, etc.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The gullet; the canal through which food and drink pass to the stomach. In man the esophagus is a musculomembranous tube about nine inches long, extending from the pharynx to the stomach.
- n. See esophagus.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
Etymologies
Examples
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_Webs in the upper third of the esophagus_ are best determined by the passage of a large esophagoscope which puts the esophagus on the stretch.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
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For example, discomfort from chronic reflux (not necessarily causing vomiting) can result in poor intake because the esophagus is inflamed.
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The esophagus is the tube that carries food and liquid from the mouth to the stomach.
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The esophagus is narrow and suited to small, soft balls of thoroughly chewed food.
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A barium swallow is a procedure that primarily evaluates your child's esophagus, which is the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach.
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In 2005, after too many years as a smoker (I had quit in 1976), I was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus, which is usually fatal.
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The problem I had with his words and subsequent inability to admit he looked like a jerk and should maybe yank his kneecap out of his esophagus was his position in this community.
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The esophagus is the part through which nourishment proceeds to the gut; so that animals without necks manifestly do not have an esophagus.
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Cancer of the esophagus is a more prevalent disease than is commonly thought.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
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The passage of liquids and solids through the esophagus is a purely muscular act, controlled, after the propulsive usually voluntary start given to the bolus by the inferior constrictor, by a reflex arc having connection with the central nervous system through the vagus nerve.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
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