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/iːˈsɒfəɡəs/ · noun
(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach..
Graham, who lived in Somersham, Cambridgeshire, donated his oesophagus to the MRC cancer unit at Cambridge University, for research.
Use oesophagus when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Oesophagus means (anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach..
Common synonyms include food pipe, gullet, weasand, gorge.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Graham, who lived in Somersham, Cambridgeshire, donated his oesophagus to the MRC cancer unit at Cambridge University, for research.
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