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oesophagi

oesophagi is the plural 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

Questions about oesophagi

What is oesophagi the plural of?
Oesophagi is the plural of oesophagus.

Words near oesophagi in the dictionary

  1. oesophagalgia
  2. oesophageal
  3. oesophagean
  4. oesophagectomies
  5. oesophagectomy
  6. oesophagi
  7. oesophagic
  8. oesophagical
  9. oesophagismus
  10. oesophagitis
  11. oesophago-

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