esophageal
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- postesophageal adjective
- preesophageal adjective
- subesophageal adjective
Etymology
Origin of esophageal
1800–10; esophag(us) + -eal, variant of -ial
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The association was especially strong for breast, colorectal, liver, oral, laryngeal, esophageal and gastric cancers.
From Science Daily
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
