Definition of esophagus

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Esophagus (n.) That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive..

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Esophageal :: Esophageal (a.) Pertaining to the esophagus.
Mediastinum :: Mediastinum (n.) A partition; a septum; specifically, the folds of the pleura (and the space included between them) which divide the thorax into a right and left cavity. The space included between these folds of the pleura, called the mediastinal space, contains the heart and gives passage to the esophagus and great blood vessels..
Balloon Fish :: Balloon fish () A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink..
Subfamily :: Subesophageal (a.) Situated beneath the esophagus.
Stomp :: Stomodaeum (n.) The primitive mouth and esophagus of the embryo of annelids and arthropods.
Supra-ethmoid :: Supra-esophageal (a.) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the esophagus; as, the supra-esophageal ganglion of Crustacea..
Cardia :: Cardia (n.) The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it..
Pharynx :: Pharynx (n.) The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias..
Prebronchial :: Prebronchial (a.) Situated in front of the bronchus; -- applied especially to an air sac on either side of the esophagus of birds.
Vestibulum :: Vestibulum (n.) A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open..
Gizzard :: Gizzard (n.) The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium..
Gullet :: Gullet (n.) The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.
Oesophageal :: Oesophageal (a.) Same as Esophagus, Esophageal, etc..
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) The gullet, or esophagus; the throat..
Circumesophagal :: Circumesophagal (a.) Surrounding the esophagus; -- in Zool. said of the nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks.
Esophagus :: Esophagus (n.) That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive..
Air Bladder :: Air bladder () An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus..
Oesophagus :: Oesophagus (a.) Alt. of Oesophagea.
Collar :: Collar (n.) A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus.
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