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Esophagus   /ɪsˈɑfəgəs/   Listen
Esophagus

noun
(Written also oesophagus)
1.
The passage between the pharynx and the stomach.  Synonyms: gorge, gullet, oesophagus.





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"Esophagus" Quotes from Famous Books



... the forks in water, which will for many days prevent the other from withering; or it is shewn by planting a willow branch with the wrong end upwards. This structure in some degree obtains in the esophagus or throat of cows, who by similar means convey their food first downwards and afterward upwards by a retrograde motion of the annular muscles or cartilages for the purpose of a second mastication ...
— The Botanic Garden - A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation • Erasmus Darwin


Words linked to "Esophagus" :   esophageal, alimentary canal, passageway, alimentary tract, GI tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, passage, epicardia, cardiac sphincter, muscle system, musculature, muscular structure


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