oesophagus

British  

/ iːˈsɒfəɡəs, iːˌsɒfəˈdʒiːəl /

noun

1. the part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; gullet

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Other Word Forms

• oesophageal
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of oesophagus

C16: via New Latin from Greek oisophagos, from oisein, future infinitive of pherein to carry + -phagos, from phagein to eat

Example Sentences

When the Oesophagus is so fully and strongly closed, that the Patient can receive no Food by the Mouth, he is to be nourished by Glysters of Soup, Gelly, and the like.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

They are the Brain, the Heart, the Lungs, the Oesophagus or Gullet, the Diaphragm, the Liver, the Stomach, the Spleen, the small Guts, the Bladder, the Womb, and generally all the great Vessels.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

Oesophagus of great size, barely separated from the crop, often inflated.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 by Darwin, Charles

Oesophagus: the gullet: that part of the alimentary canal between the mouth and the crop.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.