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esophagus

/ɪˈsɑfəɡəs/

esophagus is the alternative spelling of oesophagus.

Meaning of oesophagus

Noun

oesophagus (plural oesophagi or oesophaguses)

  1. The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
    • Graham, who lived in Somersham, Cambridgeshire, donated his oesophagus to the MRC cancer unit at Cambridge University, for research.2013 November 26, John Plunkett, “Rev John Graham, aka crossword setter Araucaria, dies aged 92”, in The Guardian

Forms of esophagus

pluralesophagi

Words formed from esophagus

Questions about esophagus

What is esophagus the alternative spelling of?
Esophagus is the alternative spelling of oesophagus.
How do you pronounce esophagus?
Esophagus is pronounced /ɪˈsɑfəɡəs/ (US).

Words near esophagus in the dictionary

  1. esophagotomies
  2. esophagotomy
  3. esophagotracheal
  4. esophaguectomies
  5. esophaguectomy
  6. esophagus
  7. esophoria
  8. esophorias
  9. esophoric
  10. esophorics
  11. Esopian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: esophagus (page history and authors); oesophagus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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