esophagus

e·soph·a·gus also oe·soph·a·gus   (ĭ-sŏf'ə-gəs)    n.   pl. e·soph·a·gi also oe·soph·a·gi (-jī', -gī') The muscular membranous tube for the passage of food from the pharynx to the stomach; the gullet. [Middle English isophagus, from Medieval Latin ēsophagus, from Greek oisophagos, arbitrary medical coinage perhaps from ois- : future tense stem of pherein, to carry + -phagos, food (unattested sense) (from phagein, to eat; see bhag- in Indo-European roots).] e·soph'a·ge'al (-jē'əl) adj.

esophagus [(i-sof-uh-guhs)]

The muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach and serves as a passageway for food. (See digestive system.)

esophagus 

Main Entry: esoph·a·gus
Variant: or chiefly British oe·soph·a·gus /i-'säf-&-g&s/
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural esoph·a·gi /-"gI, -"jI/
: a muscular tube that in adult humans is about nine inches (23 centimeters) long and passes fromthe pharynx down the neck between the trachea and the spinal column and behind the left bronchus where it pierces the diaphragm slightly to the left of the middle line and joins the cardiac end of thestomach

esophagus e·soph·a·gus or oe·soph·a·gus (ĭ-sŏf'ə-gəs)
n. pl. e·soph·a·gi (-jī', -gī')
The portion of the digestive canal between the pharynx and stomach, consisting of a cervical part from the cricoid cartilage to the thoracic inlet, a thoracic part from the thoracic inlet to the diaphragm, and an abdominal part below the diaphragm to the stomach.

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e·soph'a·ge'al (-jē'əl) adj.