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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the passage between the pharynx and the stomach;
[syn: esophagus, oesophagus, gorge, gullet]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

oesophagus \oe*soph"a*gus\, n., oesophageal \oe`so*phag"e*al\, a., etc. Same as Esophagus, Esophageal, etc. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Esophagus \E*soph"a*gus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. o'isofa`gos; root of o'i`sw which is used as future of fe`rein to bear, carry (cf. Skr. v[imac] to go, drive) + fagei^n to eat.] (Anat.) That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive. [Written also [oe]sophagus.] Esopian
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

oesophagus n 1: the passage between the pharynx and the stomach [syn: esophagus, oesophagus, gorge, gullet]