Oesophagus - Wiktionary

See also: opsophagos and œsophagus

English

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Alternative forms

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• esophagus (US)
• œsophagus (dated)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA(key): /iːˈsɒfəɡəs/, /ɪˈsɒfəɡəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: ĭ-säfʹə-gəs, IPA(key): /ɪˈsɑfəɡəs/

Noun

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oesophagus (plural oesophagi or oesophaguses)

1. (anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach. Synonyms: food pipe, gullet, weasand
   • 2013 November 26, John Plunkett, “Rev John Graham, aka crossword setter Araucaria, dies aged 92”, in The Guardian‎[1]:Graham, who lived in Somersham, Cambridgeshire, donated his oesophagus to the MRC cancer unit at Cambridge University, for research.

Derived terms

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• Barrett's oesophagus
• megaoesophagus
• oesophageal
• oesophagean
• oesophagectomy
• oesophagic
• oesophagismus
• oesophagitis

Translations

[edit] the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach

Afrikaans: slukderm (af) Albanian: ezofag (sq) m Arabic: مَرِيء m (marīʔ) Armenian: կերակրափող (hy) (kerakrapʻoġ) Asturian: esófagu (ast) m Azerbaijani: qida borusu Bashkir: үңәс (üñəs) Belarusian: страваво́д m (stravavód) Bengali: গ্রাসনালী (graśnali) অন্ননালী (bn) (onnonali), ওলকম (ōlokom) Breton: treizher f Bulgarian: хранопрово́д (bg) m (hranoprovód) Burmese: အစာပြွန် (my) (a.ca-prwan) Catalan: esòfag (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 食道 (zh) (shídào), 食管 (zh) (shíguǎn) Czech: jícen (cs) m Danish: spiserør (da) n Dutch: slokdarm (nl) m, oesophagus (nl) m Esperanto: ezofago Estonian: söögitoru (et) Finnish: ruokatorvi (fi) French: œsophage (fr) m Friulian: esofac m Galician: esófago (gl) m Georgian: საყლაპავი მილი (saq̇laṗavi mili) German: Speiseröhre (de) f, (medical jargon also) Ösophagus (de) m Greek: οισοφάγος (el) m (oisofágos) Ancient: οἰσοφάγος m (oisophágos) Hebrew: וֵשֶׁט (he) m (véshet) Hindi: ग्रासनली f (grāsanlī), घेघा (hi) m (gheghā) Hungarian: nyelőcső (hu) Icelandic: vélinda (is) n Ido: ezofago (io) Indonesian: esofagus (id) Ingrian: söökkikerus, söömäkerus Irish: éasafagas m Old Irish: díbechán m Italian: esofago (it) m Japanese: 食道 (ja) (しょくどう, shokudō) Kazakh: өңеш (öñeş), өзек (özek) Khmer: បំពង់អាហារ (bɑmpŭəng ʼaahaa) Korean: 식도(食道) (ko) (sikdo), 밥길 (ko) (bapgil) (North Korea), 식관(食管) (ko) (sikgwan) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: soriçik f Kyrgyz: өңгөч (ky) (öŋgöc), кызыл өңгөч (kızıl öŋgöc) Ladino: ושט ? (ṿesheṭ) Lao: ຫລອດອາຫານ (lǭt ʼā hān) Latin: fistula cibālis f, oesophagus m Latvian: barības vads m Lithuanian: stemplė f Macedonian: хранопро́вод m (hranopróvod), хранопроводник m (hranoprovodnik) Malay: esofagus (ms) Malayalam: അന്നനാളം (ml) (annanāḷaṁ) Maori: pūkai Mongolian: Cyrillic: улаан хоолой (ulaan xooloj) Mongolian: ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠬᠣᠭᠤᠯᠠᠢ (ulaɣan qoɣulai) Navajo: azágí Norwegian: Bokmål: spiserør n, øsofagus m Nynorsk: matrøyr n Ottoman Turkish: بوغاز (boğaz) Pashto: مرۍ (ps) f (marᶕy) Persian: مری (fa) (meri) Polish: przełyk (pl) m Portuguese: Brazilian: esôfago (pt) m European: esófago (pt) m Romanian: esofag (ro) n Russian: пищево́д (ru) m (piščevód) Scottish Gaelic: slugan m, sgòrnan m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гр̀кљан m, је̑дња̄к m Roman: gr̀kljan (sh) m, jȇdnjāk (sh) m Slovak: pažerák (sk) m Slovene: požiralnik (sl) m Spanish: esófago (es) m Swahili: umio wa chakula Swedish: matstrupe (sv) c Tagalog: lalaugan, esopago Tajik: сурхрӯда (surxrüda) Tarifit: tmijja f Tatar: үңәч (tt) (üñäç) Thai: หลอดอาหาร (lɔ̀ɔt-aa-hǎan) Tok Pisin: mambu bilong nek Turkish: yemek borusu (tr), yemak Ukrainian: стравохі́д m (stravoxíd) Uyghur: قىزىلئۆڭگەچ (qizil'önggech) Uzbek: qiziloʻngach (uz) Vietnamese: thực quản (vi) (食管) Volapük: söof Welsh: oesoffagws m, sefnig m or f Zhuang: saihoz

See also

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• oesophagus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oe̯.sɔˈpʰaː.ɡʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.s̬oˈfaː.ɡus]

Noun

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oesophāgus m (Medieval Latin)

1. (anatomy) gullet, oesophagus Synonym: fistula cibālis

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular	plural
nominative	oesophāgus	oesophāgī
genitive	oesophāgī	oesophāgōrum
dative	oesophāgō	oesophāgīs
accusative	oesophāgum	oesophāgōs
ablative	oesophāgō	oesophāgīs
vocative	oesophāge	oesophāgī

Descendants

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• → Albanian: ezofag
• → Asturian: esófagu (learned)
• → Catalan: esòfag (learned)
• → Dutch: oesophagus
• → English: oesophagus
• → Esperanto: ezofago
• → French: œsophage (learned)
• → Friulian: esofac (learned)
• → Galician: esófago (learned)
• → German: Ösophagus
• → Indonesian: esofagus
• → Irish: éasafagas
• → Italian: esofago
• → Malay: esofagus
• → Norwegian Bokmål: øsofagus
• → Portuguese: esôfago, esófago (learned)
• → Romanian: esofag (learned)
• → Spanish: esófago (learned)
• → Tagalog: esopago
• → Welsh: oesoffagws