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gastro-œsophageal

gastro-œsophageal is the obsolete spelling of gastroesophageal.

Meaning of gastroesophageal

Adjective

gastroesophageal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the stomach and to the esophagus.
    • Other children turn out to have medical problems and may be feeling discomfort when they eat — anything from gastroesophageal reflux to celiac disease to food allergy.2018 June 4, Perri Klass, M.D., “When New Means No: Picky Eating as a Normal Toddler Phase”, in The New York Times

Origin of gastro-œsophageal

From gastro- + œsophageal.

Questions about gastro-œsophageal

What is gastro-œsophageal the obsolete spelling of?
Gastro-œsophageal is the obsolete spelling of gastroesophageal.

Words near gastro-œsophageal in the dictionary

  1. gastro
  2. gastro-
  3. gastro-diplomacy
  4. gastro-oesophageal
  5. gastro-resistant
  6. gastro-œsophageal
  7. gastroadenocarcinoma
  8. gastroadenocarcinomas
  9. gastroadenocarcinomata
  10. gastroallergic
  11. gastroanastomosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gastro-œsophageal (page history and authors); gastroesophageal (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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