Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
esophageal , etc. - Pertaining or relating to the esophagus: as, esophageal glands.
- The lip of the special esophageal groove of ruminants.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Pertaining to the esophagus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to the
esophagus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to the esophagus
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Examples
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I'd heard of this -- a condition called esophageal obstruction but commonly referred to as "choke" -- but I'd never seen it.
Beasts of Burden: What happens to thoroughbred racehorses after retirement 2010
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I'd heard of this -- a condition called esophageal obstruction but commonly referred to as "choke" -- but I'd never seen it.
Beasts of Burden: What happens to thoroughbred racehorses after retirement Laura Ann Mullane 2010
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About 7 million Americans have a serious form of chronic heartburn called esophageal reflux.
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Woest, 58, who works as a volunteer for the Cancer Association in Pretoria, will speak to the health portfolio committee using a technique known as esophageal speech, which he describes as gulping in air and "letting it come out like a burp".
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They identified mutant genes in patients with a form of esophageal cancer known as esophageal adenocarcinoma EAC and a precancerous condition called Barrett's esophagus.
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These enlarged veins, called esophageal varices, are thin and can break open, resulting in serious, and potentially fatal, bleeding.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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This gap is called the esophageal hiatus, and it allows the esophagus (the tube food goes down when you swallow) to pass from your thoracic cavity (lung area) to your abdomen (stomach area).
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These enlarged veins, called esophageal varices, are thin and can break open, resulting in serious, and potentially fatal, bleeding.
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Cancer of the esophagus, also known as esophageal cancer, starts from its inner layer and grows outward on a deadly course.
NaturalNews.com 2009
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Daniela Cruz was born Nov. 4 with a congenital birth defect called esophageal atresia.
unknown title 2009
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