oesophageal

[ih-sof-uh-jee-uhl, ee-suh-faj-ee-uhl]

adjective

1. esophageal.

Other Word Forms

• preoesophageal adjective
• suboesophageal adjective

Example Sentences

In 2019 the 60-year-old lost his sister, Harriette, to pancreatic cancer, 20 years after his father-in-law died of oesophageal cancer.

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The surgery's own practice manager said he continued to work during his treatment for stage three oesophageal cancer in an attempt to lessen the impact on patients.

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Peter Wilson said his wife, who had terminal oesophageal cancer, took her own life in November 2022, aged 76.

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The politician's cause of death is not known but he had been suffering from oesophageal cancer.

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Holder contracted oesophageal cancer in 2018 and given six months to live - but new chemotherapy treatments helped him fight back.

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