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<anatomy> That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. A long hollow muscular tube that connects the pharynx to the stomach.
Origin: NL, fr. Gr.; root of which is used as future of to bear, carry (cf. Skr. Vi to go, drive) + to eat.
American spelling: esophagus
(27 Sep 1997)
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