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/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (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^[1]:

     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 (marīʔ)
• Armenian: կերակրափող (hy) (kerakrapʿoġ)
• Asturian: esófagu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: qida borusu
• Bashkir: үңәс (öñəs)
• 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)
• 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) (annanāḷaṁ)
• Maori: pūkai
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: улаан хоолой (ulaan xooloj)

  Mongolian: ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ
  ᠬᠣᠭᠤᠯᠠᠢ (ulaɣan qoɣulai̯)

• 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
• 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

• oesophagus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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]
• (modern Italianate 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