oesophagus
The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
A kind of
- passage
- muscular structure
Related words
- megaoesophagus
- oesophagean
- oesophagic
- oesophagismus
- Barrett's oesophagus
- oesophageal
- oesophagectomy
- oesophagitis
Word history
From Ancient Greek "οἰσοφάγος".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “oesophagus” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.