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esophagus
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Wiktionary
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n. (context US English) (alternative spelling of oesophagus English)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ After searing the inside of my esophagus with a hurriedly gulped cup of scalding coffee-I was now drinking coffee-I had collected myself. ▪ Food goes straight from the esophagus to the tiny stomach pouch and directly into the ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Esophagus \E*soph"a*gus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. o'isofa`gos; root of o'i`sw which is used as future of fe`rein to bear, carry (cf. Skr. v[=i] to go, drive) + fagei^n to eat.] (Anat.) That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the passage between the pharynx and the stomach [syn: oesophagus , gorge , gullet ] [also: oesophagi (pl), esophagi (pl)]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also oesophagus , late 14c., from Greek oisophagos "gullet, passage for food," literally "what carries and eats," from oisein , future infinitive of pherein "to carry" (see infer ) + -phagos , from phagein "to eat" (see -phagous ). Related: Esophageal .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The esophagus ( American English ) or oesophagus ( British English ), commonly known as the food pipe or gullet , is an organ in vertebrates through which food passes, aided by peristaltic contractions , from the pharynx to the stomach . The esophagus is ...
Usage examples of esophagus.
At the autopsy it was found that an abscess communicating with the trachea had been formed in the pharynx and esophagus.
Gross speaks of a man of thirty who was in the habit of giving exhibitions of sword-swallowing in public houses, and who injured his esophagus to such an extent as to cause abscess and death.
The chief organs concerned in deglutition are the tongue, the pharynx, and the esophagus.
Postmortem it was found that the inferior extremity of the esophagus to the extent of about two inches was converted into a ligamentous cord.
In some instances among the lower classes these obturators are simple pieces of wood, so fashioned as to fit into the palatine cleft, and not infrequently the obturator has been swallowed, causing obstruction of the air-passages or occluding the esophagus.
The ganglia situated over the esophagus of insects correspond to the medulla oblongata in man, in which originate the spinal accessory, glosso-pharyngeal, and pneumogastric nerves.
He used a single swift slash that severed the trachea, the esophagus, the vagus nerves, the carotid artery, and the jugular vein.
The explanation of these exhibitions is as follows: The instrument enters the mouth and pharynx, then the esophagus, traverses the cardiac end of the stomach, and enters the latter as far as the antrum of the pylorus, the small culdesac of the stomach.
These glands are most numerous in the Pharynx, Esophagus, Trachea, Bronchia, Vagina and Urethra.
Hammond added that, when acquired, merycism was almost invariably the result of over-eating and loading the esophagus, or the result of fast eating.
Planque speaks of a small bone perforating the esophagus and extracted through the skin.
Wirth, Fine, and Evers, all mention perforating wounds of the trachea and esophagus with recoveries.
Then he tied off the carotid arteries, clamped the trachea and esophagus, cut through the diaphragm and the pleural sac, and removed the heart and the lungs together.
The ball entered the right shoulder, immediately over the suprascapular notch, passed superficially upward and forward into the neck, wounding the esophagus posteriorly at a point opposite the thyroid cartilage, and lodged in the left side of the neck.
An operation on the esophagus was immediately commenced, but abandoned, and an attempt made to push the fish down with a probang, which was, in a measure, successful.