esophagus
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4.4
- noun
- /ɪˈsɑfəɡəs/
- US
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esófago
- During the surgery, they had to remove a blockage from her esophagus to help her swallow easier.
- hypopharynx and esophagus
- esophagus and trachea
- cervical esophagus
Also no, it's for my esophagus and my my small bowel.
- Also no, it's for my esophagus and my my small bowel.
- Have you had an accident, like a kind of esophagus collapse?
- It can cause all sorts of even ulceration of the esophagus and it just really terrible stuff.
- I had a couple, like, small complication things after the surgery, the main one being my esophagus.
- But the vitamin wasn't done going down and I got stuck in her esophagus so I forgot.
- So from your esophagus down to yeah, it is insane.
Examples
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In the pigeon, the lower esophagus is a simple tube connecting the crop to the stomach.
Academic text (1992) -
So you see here the section of the esophagus implanted in this way.
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- Now my esophagus is starting to move.
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OK, See how the stomach is going into the esophagus right there?
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We found this in her esophagus.
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I see movement in his esophagus.
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Your esophagus is in your throat.
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There was also an increased risk of cancer of the esophagus, lung, and liver among women with AN compared to controls.
Academic text (2015) -
And she was having a procedure to see what was the matter with her esophagus in case there might have been some polyps.
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After all, the refluxate must traverse the esophagus to reach the pharynx.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
9
6.0
A tube in the throat that carries food from the mouth to the stomach
2
9.9
A passage in the throat that leads to the stomach in some animals
Surface Forms
Etymology
Esophagus comes from Greek parts oiso- 'to carry' and -phagus 'to eat', so it literally means the tube that 'carries what you eat' from the throat to the stomach.