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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

esophageal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɪˌsɒfəˈd͡ʒiːəl/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin oesophāgeus + -al.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the esophagus.
    • Recently, activation of Wnt signaling has been reported efficient for intestinalization of human esophageal keratinocytes in vitro [20]. 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.), volume 17, →DOI:

Forms

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oesophageal UK, alternative lexicographic
œsophageal UK, alternative, dated lexicographic

Deriveds

hepatoesophageal · postesophageal · intraesophageal · subesophageal · extraesophageal · nonesophageal · midesophageal · lower esophageal sphincter · duodenoesophageal · endoesophageal · pharyngoesophageal · esophageal ulcer · oropharyngoesophageal · upper esophageal sphincter · transesophageal · paraesophageal · circumesophageal · esophageal cancer · aortoesophageal · tracheoesophageal · retroesophageal · atrioesophageal · supraesophageal · gastroesophageal · periesophageal · cervicoesophageal · cricoesophageal

Synonyms

esophagic · esophagean · esophagical

Translations (22)

pt esofágico (pertaining to the esophagus) · de ösophageal (pertaining to the esophagus) · fi ruokatorven (pertaining to the esophagus) · cs jícnový (pertaining to the esophagus) · de Speiseröhren- (pertaining to the esophagus) · fr œsophagien (pertaining to the esophagus) · gl esofáxico (pertaining to the esophagus) · fi esofageaalinen (pertaining to the esophagus) · is vélindis- (pertaining to the esophagus) · ru пищеводный (pertaining to the esophagus) · cy esoffagaidd (pertaining to the esophagus) · pt esofagiano (pertaining to the esophagus) · pl przełykowy (pertaining to the esophagus) · ga éasafagach (pertaining to the esophagus) · cy sefnigol (pertaining to the esophagus) · it esofageo (pertaining to the esophagus) · es esofágico (pertaining to the esophagus) · vo söofik (pertaining to the esophagus) · fi ruokatorvi- (pertaining to the esophagus) · ca esofàgic (pertaining to the esophagus) · eo ezofaga (pertaining to the esophagus) · de Ösophagus- (pertaining to the esophagus)