Esophagus

Definition: Esophagus

Esophagus

Noun

1. The passage between the pharynx and the stomach.

Date "esophagus" was first used: 1392. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Esophagus

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	Part of the digestive tract. Source: European Union. (references)
Health	The muscular tube through which food passes from the throat to the stomach. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Esophagus

Synonyms: gorge (n), gullet (n), oesophagus (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Esophagus

English words defined with "esophagus": arteria gastrica sinistra ♦ Balloon fish ♦ cardia, cardiac sphincter, cardiospasm, Circumesophagal ♦ epicardia, esophageal, esophageal reflux, esophageal smear, esophageal veins, esophagitis, esophagogastric junction, esophagoscope, Esophagotomy ♦ gastroesophageal, gastroesophageal reflux, gastroscopy, get down ♦ heartburn ♦ left gastric artery ♦ mediastinum, myenteric plexus ♦ nervus vagus ♦ odynophagia, Oesophageal, oesophageal reflux, oesophageal veins, oesophagitis, oesophagogastric junction, oesophagoscope ♦ paraquat poisoning, plexus myentericus, pneumogastric, Pneumogastric nerve, Prebronchial, Probang, pyrosis ♦ Ring canal ♦ Stomodaeum, Subesophageal, Subesophageal ganglion, Supra-esophageal, swallow ♦ tenth cranial nerve ♦ vagus, vagus nerve, venae esophageae, Vestibulum ♦ wandering nerve. (references)

Specialty definitions using "esophagus": barium swallow, Barrett Esophagus, Barrett's esophagus, Bernstein Test ♦ Dioctophymatoidea, Diverticulum, Esophageal, Dracunculoidea ♦ Echocardiography, Transesophageal, Enoplida, Esophageal and Gastric Varices, Esophageal Fistula, Esophageal Manometry, Esophageal Motility Disorders, Esophageal Neoplasms, Esophageal Perforation, Esophageal Ph Monitoring, Esophageal Spasm, Diffuse, Esophageal Spasms, esophageal speech, Esophageal Stenosis, Esophageal Stricture, Esophageal Ulcer, Esophageal Varices, esophagectomy, Esophagitis, Peptic, Esophagoscopes, Esophagoscopy, Esophagostomy, esophagram ♦ Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Gastroplasty ♦ Hernia, Hiatal ♦ Jejuno-ileostomy ♦ Laryngeal Masks, Lower Esophageal Ring, Lower Esophageal Sphincter ♦ Mallory-Weiss Syndrome, Mallory-Weiss Tear, manometry, metaplastic carcinoma ♦ Nissen Fundoplication, Nutcracker Syndrome ♦ oesophageal manometry ♦ Plummer-Vinson Syndrome ♦ Scleroderma, Systemic, Spirurida, Squamous Epithelium, stage I cancer of the esophagus, stage II cancer of the esophagus, stage III cancer of the esophagus, stage IV cancer of the esophagus ♦ Thoracic Surgery, Tips to control heartburn, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, tracheoesophageal puncture ♦ Upper GI Endoscopy ♦ Vindesine ♦ Zenker Diverticulum, Zenker's Diverticulum. (references)

Etymologies containing "esophagus": Esophagotomy. (references)

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Modern Usage: Esophagus

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I've slept fairly well even though I realized last night that the lump in my throat must be cancer of the esophagus. (Ydmygede, De; writing credit: Jesper Jargil)
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Commercial Usage: Esophagus

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Barrett's esophagus (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Diseases of the Esophagus (reference) Surgery of the Esophagus (reference) Surgery of the Larynx, Trachea, Esophagus and Neck (reference) The Esophagus (reference) Tumors of the Esophagus & Stomach (Afip Atlas of Tumor Pathology Series) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Esophagus

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Photo Album: Esophagus

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Line drawing showing large intestine, duodenum, gall bladder, liver, bile duct, esophagus, pancreas and stomach.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		Line drawing showing the esophagus, stomach and small intestine.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
	A blocked flea, i.e. dark spots in stomach, is unable to ingest its blood meal because of a mass of bacteria within the proventriculus, preventing passage of food from the esophagus to the stomach.Credit: CDC.		During feeding, the flea draws viable Y. pestis organisms into its esophagus, which multiply and block the proventriculus just in front of the stomach, later forcing the flea to regurgitate infected blood unto the host when it tries to swallow.Credit: CDC.
	Thrassis bacci, a ground squirrel flea found inhabiting the United States, is one of the primary rodent flea vectors of plague to humans. Note the food mass in the stomach and esophagus.Credit: CDC.		Thrassis bacci, a ground squirrel flea found inhabiting the United States, is one of the primary rodent flea vectors of plague to humans. Note the large food mass in the stomach and esophagus.Credit: CDC.
	Slide shows unblocked anterior portion of the digestive track of X. cheopis. A blocked flea is unable to ingest its blood meal because a mass of bacteria is preventing passage of blood from the esophagus to the stomach.Credit: CDC.		During feeding, the flea draws viable Y. pestis organisms into its esophagus, which multiply and block the proventriculus just in front of the stomach, later forcing the flea to regurgitate infected blood unto the host when it tries to swallow.Credit: CDC.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Esophagus

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		An infection or irritation can cause narrowing of the esophagus. (references)
		If nerves in the esophagus are involved, swallowing may be difficult. (references)
		This condition is called esophagitis or inflammation of the esophagus. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Esophagus

"Esophagus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Esophagus" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	6	143,867

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Esophagus

Expressions using "esophagus": Barrett Esophagus ♦ Barrett's Esophagus ♦ stage I cancer of the esophagus ♦ stage II cancer of the esophagus ♦ stage III cancer of the esophagus ♦ stage IV cancer of the esophagus. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Esophagus

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
barretts esophagus	343	esophagus guidelines	5
esophagus	324	esophagus function	5
esophagus cancer	200	erosion esophagus	5
esophagus spasms	27	esophagus inflammation	5
barrets esophagus	24	esophagus hernia	5
esophagus cancer symptom	22	esophagus spastic	5
barrett esophagus	19	esophagus stretching	4
esophagus spasm	18	distal esophagus	4
disease esophagus	16	erosive esophagus	4
esophagus picture	15	esophagus mega	4
esophagus pain	14	esophagus cancer treatment	4
esophagus ulcer	14	esophagus narrowing	4
disorder esophagus	13	ulcer in the esophagus	4
esophagus nutcracker	13	barretts esophagus symptom	4
esophagus anatomy	12	esophagus inflamed	4
esophagus problem	11	cancer esophagus surgery	4
adenocarcinoma of esophagus	8	bartletts esophagus	4
esophagus stricture	7	dilation esophagus	4
esophagus tumor	7	esophagus disease barretts	3
surgery of the esophagus	6	esophagus in pain	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Esophagus

Language		Translations for "esophagus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ezofag (oesophagitis, oesophagus), gurmaz (gullet, larynx, oesophagus, pharynx). (various references)

Arabic		‏المرئ. (various references)

Chinese		食�" (gastrointestinal, gut, oesophagus). (various references)

Czech		jícen (gullet, oesophagus, throat, vent). (various references)

Danish		spiseroer (oesophagus). (various references)

Dutch		slokdarm (oesophagus, throat). (various references)

Farsi		مری(تش.), سرخ نای . (various references)

Finnish		ruokatorvi. (various references)

French		oesophage, �"sophage. (various references)

German		speiseröhre (gullet, oesophagus). (various references)

Greek		οισοφάγοσ (fauces, gullet). (various references)

Hebrew		ושט (foodpipe, gullet), בית בליע�" (gullet, pharynx). (various references)

Hungarian		nyelőcső (gullet, oesophagus, red lane, throttle). (various references)

Indonesian		gurung (gullet, windpipe). (various references)

Italian		esofago (gullet, oesophagus). (various references)

Korean		식도 (oesophagus). (various references)

Pig Latin		esophagusay

Portuguese		esquimó (Eskimo, esquire, husky), esófago (oesophagus). (various references)

Russian		пищевод (gullet, oesophagus). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		jednjak (gullet, oesophagus). (various references)

Spanish		esófago (gullet, oesophagus). (various references)

Swedish		matstrupe (gullet, oesophagi, oesophagus). (various references)

Thai		หลอ�"อาหาร (gullet, oesophagus). (various references)

Turkish		yemek borusu (oesophagus). (various references)

Ukranian		стравохід (gullet). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Esophagus

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	oisophagos. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	oesophagus. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Esophagus

Derivations
	Words beginning with "esophagus": esophaguses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "esophagus": oesophagus. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Esophagus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: esofagus, esophaus, esophegus, esophogus, oesopagus, oesophagis, oesophagous, oseophagus. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Esophagus"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "esophagus" (pronounced usÄ"fugus)
6	-Ä" f u g u s	sarcophagus.
4	-u g u s	analogous, asparagus, homologous.
3	-g u s	Argus, bodegas, bogus, Degas, dingus, fungus, heterozygous, homozygous, humongous, Negus.
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Anagrams: Esophagus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-h-o-p-s-s-u"
	-1 letter: gashouse.
	-2 letters: gaseous.
	-3 letters: gashes, gushes, houses, opuses, ouphes, paseos, pashes, pauses, phages, phases, pushes, saughs, shapes, soughs, spouse, upases, usages.
	-4 letters: agues, apses, ashes, ephas, gapes, gases, gasps, gauss, gesso, guess, hasps, heaps, hopes, hoses, house, oases, opahs, ouphe, ouphs, pages, paseo, pases, passe, pause, peags, pesos, phage, phase, poses, posse, psoae, psoas.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-h-o-p-s-s-u"
	+1 letter: oesophagus.
	+2 letters: esophaguses.
	+4 letters: packinghouses, sarcophaguses.
	+5 letters: colleagueships.
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