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e·soph·a·gus also oe·soph·a·gus

(

-s

-g

s) KEY

NOUN:
pl. e·soph·a·gi (-j

, -g

) KEY

The muscular membranous tube for the passage of food from the pharynx to the stomach; the gullet.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English isophagus, from Medieval Latin sophagus, from Greek oisophagos, arbitrary medical coinage perhaps from ois-, future tense stem of pherein, to carry + -phagos, food (unattested sense) (from phagein, to eat; see bhag- in Indo-European roots)

OTHER FORMS:
e·sopha·geal (-j

l) KEY (Adjective)

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