Oesophagus

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Forms and variants 1.1.2 Synonyms 1.1.3 Translations 1.2 See also

English

Noun

Oesophagus (plural oesophagi{{#if:| or [[{{{2}}}]]}})

1. (anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.

Forms and variants

• esophagus (US spelling; plural esophagi)
• œsophagus (older UK spelling; plural œsophagi)

Synonyms

• gullet

Translations

Bosnian: grkljan m. Breton: treizher f Catalan: esòfag m Chinese: 食道 Danish: spiserør Dutch: slokdarm m Esperanto: ezofago French: œsophage m German: Ösophagus m, Speiseröhre f Greek: οισοφάγος m Italian: esofago m

Japanese: 食道 Korean: 식도 (shikdo) Norwegian: øsofag m Serbian: Cyrillic: гркљан m. Latin: grkljan m. Spanish: esófago m

See also

• Wikipedia article on the oesophagusfr:oesophagus

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