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单词 esophagus
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
e•soph•a•gus /ɪˈsɑfəgəs/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -gi 
    /-ˌdʒaɪ, ˌgaɪ/.USA pronunciation  
  1. Anatomya muscular tube that allows food to pass from the back of the mouth to the stomach;
    gullet.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
e•soph•a•gus  (i sofə gəs, ē sof-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gi (-jī′, gī′).USA pronunciation [Anat., Zool.]
  1. Anatomy, Zoologya muscular passage connecting the mouth or pharynx with the stomach in invertebrate and vertebrate animals;
    gullet.
  • Medieval Latin
  • Greek oisophágos gullet, literally, channel for eating (oiso-, akin to oísein, future infinitive of phérein to carry + -phagos eating); replacing Middle English ysophagus
  • Neo-Latin oesophagus
  • 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
esophagus /iːˈsɒfəɡəs/ n ( pl -gi / -ˌdʒaɪ/, -guses)
  1. the US spelling of oesophagus
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
oesophagus, US esophagus /iːˈsɒfəɡəs/ n ( pl -gi / -ˌɡaɪ/)
  1. the part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; gullet
Etymology: 16th Century: via New Latin from Greek oisophagos, from oisein, future infinitive of pherein to carry + -phagos, from phagein to eat

oesophageal, US esophageal /iːˌsɒfəˈdʒiːəl/ adj
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