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esophageal

American  
[ih-sof-uh-jee-uhl, ee-suh-faj-ee-uhl] / ɪˌsɒf əˈdʒi əl, ˌi səˈfædʒ i əl /

adjective

  1. pertaining to the esophagus.


Other Word Forms

  • postesophageal adjective
  • preesophageal adjective
  • subesophageal adjective

Etymology

Origin of esophageal

1800–10; esophag(us) + -eal, variant of -ial

Example Sentences

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The “Titanic” and “Avatar” producer died last year of esophageal cancer at the age of 63.

From Los Angeles Times

The veteran lawmaker, who served as the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, was diagnosed last year with esophageal cancer.

From Salon

In a note shared to social media, Connolly, 74, cited his ongoing battle with esophageal cancer as the reason for his retirement.

From Salon

“Although I’m famous as a pessimist, I really haven’t been pessimistic,” Davis told me in 2022, the last time we saw each other, months before he died of esophageal cancer at 76.

From Los Angeles Times

Journalist Tony Ortega, who has long covered Scientology, announced in a June 2023 post on his Underground Bunker blog that Rinder had advanced esophageal cancer.

From Los Angeles Times