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oesophaguses

oesophaguses 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 oesophaguses

What is oesophaguses the plural of?
Oesophaguses is the plural of oesophagus.

Words near oesophaguses in the dictionary

  1. oesophagostomies
  2. oesophagostomy
  3. oesophagotomies
  4. oesophagotomy
  5. oesophagus
  6. oesophaguses
  7. oesteocalcin
  8. oesteoclast
  9. oesteoclastogenesis
  10. oesteoclasts
  11. Oesterling

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