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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
oesophagus
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
distal
▪ These effects of cisapride were confined to the mid and distal oesophagus.
▪ These contraction sequences were associated with long periods of increased baseline pressure in the distal oesophagus.
▪ Several factors are responsible for recurrent exposure of the distal oesophagus to gastric contents and the subsequent development of reflux oesophagitis.
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▪ Barrett's oesophagus represents a metaplastic transformation of the normal squamous cell epithelium of the lower tubular oesophagus into columnar epithelium.
▪ This was to facilitate more efficient aspiration of fluid from the lower oesophagus.
▪ Allison and Johnstone suggested that columnar epithelium occurred in the lower oesophagus, secondary to gastro-oesophageal reflux.
▪ Such complications occur in approximately 50% of patients with Barrett's columnar lined lower oesophagus.
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▪ A wide variation among subjects was also seen in the total amount of food refluxed into the oesophagus.
▪ All subjects included in the study were healthy young persons without any symptoms related to the oesophagus.
▪ Barrett's oesophagus represents a metaplastic transformation of the normal squamous cell epithelium of the lower tubular oesophagus into columnar epithelium.
▪ Controversy exists over the influence of medical or surgical treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux on Barrett's oesophagus.
▪ Gillen etal compared 25 patients with oesophagitis in a single group with 24 Barrett's oesophagus patients.
▪ Hiatus hernia was absent in only one of the nine patients with Barrett's oesophagus.
▪ Only six patients were previously known to have a columnar lined oesophagus.
▪ The second aim was to relate the effects of acid and alkaline exposure to the development of complications in Barrett's oesophagus.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
oesophagus

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; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive. [Written also [oe]sophagus.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
oesophagus

alternative spelling of esophagus. See oe. Related: Oesophageal.

Wiktionary
oesophagus

n. (context anatomy English) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.

WordNet
oesophagus

n. the passage between the pharynx and the stomach [syn: esophagus, gorge, gullet]

Usage examples of "oesophagus".

Maguire choked on it, but Ronnie snaked on, past his protesting epiglottis, forging a rough way down his oesophagus into Maguire's stomach.

Nausea, maybe, diarrhoea, dizziness, tinnitusthat's ringing in the earsbreathing difficulties, gastric haemorrhages, oedema of gastric mucosa, possible rupture of the oesophagus.

Nausea, maybe, diarrhoea, dizziness, tinnitus-that's ringing in the ears-breathing difficulties, gastric haemorrhages, oedema of gastric mucosa, possible rupture of the oesophagus.