oesophageal
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- preoesophageal adjective
- suboesophageal adjective
Example Sentences
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In 2019 the 60-year-old lost his sister, Harriette, to pancreatic cancer, 20 years after his father-in-law died of oesophageal cancer.
From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025
Wales ranks 32nd for stomach cancer, 31st for pancreatic and lung, 21st for liver and oesophageal and 12th for brain.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024
The six deadliest cancers are lung, liver, brain, oesophageal, pancreatic and stomach.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024
Noddy Holder's wife has revealed the former Slade frontman was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer five years ago.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2023
In the latter a pallial siphon, a well-developed proboscis and an unpaired oesophageal gland are always present, in the former they are usually absent.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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