"esophagus" meaning in English

See esophagus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-esophagus.wav [US] Forms: esophagi [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|esophagi}} esophagus (plural esophagi)
  1. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of oesophagus Tags: US, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: oesophagus Derived forms: Barrett's esophagus

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for esophagus meaning in English (1.9kB)

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