altered (after ML) < ME ysophagus, OFr ysofague < ML oesophagus < Gr oisophagos, lit., passage for food < oisein, fut. inf. of pherein, to carry (see bear1) + phagein, to eat: see -phagous
Examples of 'esophagus' in a sentence
esophagus
The ET tube had wound up in the esophagus rather than the trachea, the usual result of tubing someone blind.