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periesophageal

periesophageal adjective: around the esophagus.

Adjective

periesophageal (not comparable)

  1. Around the esophagus
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Forms of periesophageal

alternative formperioesophageal

Origin of periesophageal

From peri- + esophageal.

Questions about periesophageal

What does periesophageal mean?
Periesophageal means around the esophagus.
What part of speech is periesophageal?
Periesophageal is an adjective.

Words near periesophageal in the dictionary

  1. periergia
  2. periergy
  3. perieruptional
  4. peries
  5. perieschkje
  6. periesophageal
  7. periestropausal
  8. perievent
  9. Perieți
  10. perifacial
  11. perifascial

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