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Definition of: esophagus
(i·sof′ə·gəs) noun plural ·gi (-jī) Zool.
The tube in vertebrate and invertebrate animals through which food passes from the mouth to the stomach: also oesophagus. [<NL <Gk. oisophagos]
—e·so·phag·e·al (ē′sō·faj′ē·əl, i·sof′ə·jē′əl), e·soph′a·gal (-ə·gəl) adjective
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