oesophagus

oesophagus

See also: opsophagos and œsophagus

English

The (o)esophagus is at the bottom right

Alternative forms

• esophagus (US spelling)
• œsophagus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek οἰσοφάγος (oisophágos), from οἴσω (oísō), 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)

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

   Synonyms: gullet, weasand

   • 2013 November 26, John Plunkett, “Rev John Graham, aka crossword setter Araucaria, dies aged 92”, in The Guardian‎:

     Graham, who lived in Somersham, Cambridgeshire, donated his oesophagus to the MRC cancer unit at Cambridge University, for research.

Derived terms

• oesophageal
• oesophagectomy
• oesophagitis

 

Translations

the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach

Afrikaans: slukderm (af) Albanian: ezofag (sq) m Arabic: مَرِيء‎ m (marīʾ) Armenian: կերակրափող (hy) (kerakrapʿoł) Asturian: esófagu (ast) m Azerbaijani: qida borusu Bashkir: үңәс (üŋäs) Belarusian: страваво́д m (stravavód) Bengali: অন্ননালী (bn) (ônnônali), ওলকম (olkôm) 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 Esperanto: ezofago Estonian: söögitoru (et) Finnish: ruokatorvi (fi) French: œsophage (fr) 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) Irish: éasafagas 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) (öŋgöç), кызыл өңгөч (kızıl öŋgöç) 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) (annanāḷaṃ) Maori: pūkai Mongolian: Cyrillic: улаан хоолой (ulaan xooloj) Mongolian: ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠭᠤᠯᠠᠢ (ulaɣan qoɣulai̯) Navajo: azágí Norwegian: Bokmål: spiserør n Nynorsk: matrøyr n Pashto: مرۍ‎ (ps) f (marᶕy) Persian: مری‎ (fa) (meri) Polish: przełyk (pl) m Portuguese: esófago (pt) m (Portugal), esôfago (pt) m (Brazil) 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 Swedish: matstrupe (sv) c Tagalog: lalaugan, esopago Tajik: сурхрӯда (surxrüda) 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

• oesophagus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oe̯.soˈpʰaː.ɡus/, [oe̯s̠ɔˈpʰäːɡʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.soˈfa.ɡus/, [es̬oˈfäːɡus]

Noun

oesophāgus m (Medieval Latin)

1. (anatomy) gullet, oesophagus

   Synonym: fistula cibālis

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oesophāgus	oesophāgī
Genitive	oesophāgī	oesophāgōrum
Dative	oesophāgō	oesophāgīs
Accusative	oesophāgum	oesophāgōs
Ablative	oesophāgō	oesophāgīs
Vocative	oesophāge	oesophāgī

Descendants

• → English: oesophagus