Esophagus

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  • noun. The muscular tube by which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach; the gullet.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See esophagus.
  • noun. 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative spelling of oesophagus.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
    • Word Usage
    "_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."
    cross-reference
    posterior esophagus  
    Equivalent
    œsophageal  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    muscle system  muscular structure  musculature  passage  passageway  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    sarcophagus  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aorta  bronchi  cava  colon  duodenum  
    variant
    digestive  esophageal  esophagi  oesophagi  
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