esophageal
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- oesophageal (UK)
- œsophageal (UK, dated)
Etymology
[edit]From Latin oesophāgeus + -al.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɪˌsɒfəˈd͡ʒiːəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]esophageal (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the esophagus.
- Synonyms: esophagean, esophagic, (rare) esophagical
- 2015 August 18, Orestis Lyros et al., “Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Activation beyond Robust Nuclear β-Catenin Accumulation in Nondysplastic Barrett’s Esophagus: Regulation via Dickkopf-112”, in Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.)[1], volume 17, :
- Recently, activation of Wnt signaling has been reported efficient for intestinalization of human esophageal keratinocytes in vitro [20].
Derived terms
[edit]- aortoesophageal
- atrioesophageal
- cervicoesophageal
- circumesophageal
- cricoesophageal
- duodenoesophageal
- endoesophageal
- esophageal cancer
- esophageal ulcer
- extraesophageal
- gastroesophageal
- hepatoesophageal
- intraesophageal
- lower esophageal sphincter
- midesophageal
- nonesophageal
- oropharyngoesophageal
- paraesophageal
- periesophageal
- pharyngoesophageal
- postesophageal
- retroesophageal
- subesophageal
- supraesophageal
- tracheoesophageal
- transesophageal
- upper esophageal sphincter
Translations
[edit]pertaining to the esophagus
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References
[edit]- ^ “oesophageal | esophageal, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
