oesophagus

See also: opsophagos and œsophagus

English

The (o)esophagus is at the bottom right

Alternative forms

esophagus (US spelling)
œsophagus (older UK spelling)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek οἰσοφάγος (oisophágos), from οἴσομεν (oísomen), future form of φέρω (phérō, “I carry”) + ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /iːˈsɒfəɡəs/, /ɪˈsɒfəɡəs/
(US) enPR: ĭ-säfʹə-gəs, IPA^(key): /ɪˈsɑfəɡəs/

Noun

oesophagus (plural oesophagi or oesophaguses)

(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.

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Translations

the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach

Afrikaans: slukderm (af)
Arabic: مَرِيء‎‎ m (marīʾ)
Armenian: կերակրափող (hy) (kerakrapʿoł)
Asturian: esófagu (ast) m
Bengali: অন্ননালী (bn) (ônnnali)
Breton: treizher f
Bulgarian: хранопровод (bg) m (hranoprovod)
Catalan: esòfag (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 食道 (zh) (shídào), 食管 (zh) (shíguǎn)
Czech: jícen (cs) m
Danish: spiserør (da)
Dutch: slokdarm (nl) m
Esperanto: ezofago
Finnish: ruokatorvi (fi)
French: œsophage (fr) m
Galician: esófago (gl) m
German: Ösophagus (de) m, Speiseröhre (de) f
Greek: οισοφάγος (el) m (oisofágos)
Ancient Greek: οἰσοφάγος m (oisophágos)
Hebrew: ושט‎‎ (he) m
Hungarian: nyelőcső (hu)
Icelandic: vélinda (is) n
Ido: ezofago (io)
Irish: éasafagas m
Italian: esofago (it) m
Japanese: 食道 (ja) (しょくどう, shokudō)

Korean:
North Korean: 밥길 (ko) (babgil)

South Korean: 식도 (ko) (食道, shikdo)
Latin: fistula cibālis f
Latvian: barības vads m
Maori: pūkai
Navajo: azágí
Norwegian: øsofag m
Bokmål: spiserør

Nynorsk: matrøyr n
Polish: przełyk (pl) m
Portuguese: esófago (pt) m (Portugal), esôfago (pt) m (Brazil)
Russian: пищево́д (ru) m (piščevód)
Scottish Gaelic: slugan m, sgòrnan m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гркљан m

Roman: grkljan (sh) m
Slovak: pažerák (sk) m
Slovene: požiralnik (sl) m
Spanish: esófago (es) m
Swedish: matstrupe (sv)
Tagalog: lalaugan
Thai: หลอดอาหาร (lɔ̀ɔt-aa-hǎan)
Tok Pisin: mambu bilong nek
Turkish: yemek borusu (tr), yemak
Volapük: söof
Welsh: oesoffagws m

See also

oesophagus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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