Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Surrounding the esophagus, as the nervous ring around the gullet of many invertebrates.
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Examples
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Careful lateral search, however, will reveal the dilatation, and the localized periesophageal fixation may be demonstrated.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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The esophagus may be narrowed by the pressure of any periesophageal disease or anomaly.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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Cancerous stenosis is accompanied by infiltration of the periesophageal tissue, and usually by projecting bleeding fungations.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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It is supposed to be formed by the pulling during cough, respiration, and swallowing, on localized adhesions of the esophagus to periesophageal structures, such as inflammatory peribronchial glands.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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Invasion from the periesophageal organs produces more or less localized compression and fixation of the esophagus.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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