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oesophagitis

oesophagitis is the alternative form of esophagitis.

Meaning of esophagitis

Noun

esophagitis (usually uncountable, plural esophagitides)

  1. (US, usually) An inflammation of the oesophagus.

Origin of oesophagitis

From oesophag- + -itis.

Phrases with oesophagitis

Questions about oesophagitis

What is oesophagitis the alternative form of?
Oesophagitis is the alternative form of esophagitis.

Words near oesophagitis in the dictionary

  1. oesophagectomy
  2. oesophagi
  3. oesophagic
  4. oesophagical
  5. oesophagismus
  6. oesophagitis
  7. oesophago-
  8. oesophago-diverticulostomies
  9. oesophago-diverticulostomy
  10. oesophagobronchial
  11. oesophagocele

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oesophagitis (page history and authors); esophagitis (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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