Oesophagus
31oesophagus — n. Gullet …
32oesophagus — especially BrE usually esophagus AmE noun (C) the tube from your mouth to your stomach, down which food passes …
33oesophagus — /əˈsɒfəgəs / (say uh sofuhguhs) noun (plural oesophagi /əˈsɒfəgaɪ/ (say uh sofuhguy)) a tube connecting the mouth or pharynx with the stomach in invertebrate and vertebrate animals; gullet. Also, esophagus. {New Latin, from Greek oisophagos}… …
34oesophagus — n. food passage between mouth and stomach …
35Oesophagus — Oe|so|pha|gus vgl. Ösophagus …
36oesophagus — n. (US esophagus) (pl. oesophagi or guses) the part of the alimentary canal from the mouth to the stomach; the gullet. Derivatives: oesophageal adj. Etymology: ME f. Gk oisophagos …
37oesophagus, etc. — …
38Barrett's oesophagus — (columnar lined oesophagus, CLO) a condition in which the normal squamous epithelium lining the oesophagus is replaced by columnar epithelium because of damage caused by gastro oesophageal reflux or (occasionally) corrosive oesophagitis. The… …
39Barrett's oesophagus — columnar lined oesophagus; = CLO a condition in which the normal squamous epithelium lining the oesophagus is replaced by columnar epithelium because of damage caused by gastro oesophageal reflux or (occasionally) corrosive oesophagitis. The… …
40meso-oesophagus — chiefly Brit var of MESOESOPHAGUS …