Oesophagus

//ɪˈsɑfəɡəs//

Synonyms for "oesophagus" (9 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
gullet

Strong matches (3)

Related words (4)

Noun(2 words)
throatweasand

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3 entries

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8 entries

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1 entries

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Translations

106 translations across 85 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • slukderm noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Albanian

1 entries
  • ezofag noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • οἰσοφάγος noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مَرِيء noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կերակրափող noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Asturian

1 entries
  • esófagu noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qida borusu noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • үңәс noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • страваво́д noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Bengali

2 entries
  • ওলকম noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • গ্রাসনালী অন্ননালী noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Brazilian Portuguese

1 entries
  • esôfago noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Breton

1 entries
  • treizher noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • хранопрово́д noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အစာပြွန် noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Catalan

1 entries
  • esòfag noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 食管 noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • 食道 noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Czech

1 entries
  • jícen noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Danish

1 entries
  • spiserør noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Dutch

2 entries
  • oesophagus noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • slokdarm noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ezofago noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Estonian

1 entries
  • söögitoru noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

European Portuguese

1 entries
  • esófago noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Finnish

1 entries
  • ruokatorvi noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

French

1 entries
  • œsophage noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Friulian

1 entries
  • esofac noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Galician

1 entries
  • esófago noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Georgian

1 entries
  • საყლაპავი მილი noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

German

2 entries
  • Speiseröhre noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • Ösophagus noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Greek

1 entries
  • οισοφάγος noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • וֵשֶׁט noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Hindi

2 entries
  • ग्रासनली noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • घेघा noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • nyelőcső noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • vélinda noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Ido

1 entries
  • ezofago noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • esofagus noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • söökkikerus noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • söömäkerus noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Irish

1 entries
  • éasafagas noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Italian

1 entries
  • esofago noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 食道 noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • өзек noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • өңеш noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Khmer

1 entries
  • បំពង់អាហារ noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Korean

3 entries
  • 밥길 noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • 식관 noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • 식도 noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • кызыл өңгөч noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • өңгөч noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Ladino

1 entries
  • ושט noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຫລອດອາຫານ noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Latin

2 entries
  • fistula cibālis noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • oesophagus noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Latvian

1 entries
  • barības vads noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • stemplė noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • хранопро́вод noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • хранопроводник noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Malay

1 entries
  • esofagus noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • അന്നനാളം noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • улаан хоолой noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠭᠤᠯᠠᠢ noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Māori

1 entries
  • pūkai noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Navajo

1 entries
  • azágí noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • soriçik noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • spiserør noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • øsofagus noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • matrøyr noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • díbechán noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • بوغاز noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Pashto

1 entries
  • مرۍ noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Persian

1 entries
  • مری noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Polish

1 entries
  • przełyk noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Romanian

1 entries
  • esofag noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Russian

1 entries
  • пищево́д noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • sgòrnan noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • slugan noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • gr̀kljan noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • jȇdnjāk noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • гр̀кљан noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • је̑дња̄к noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Slovak

1 entries
  • pažerák noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Slovene

1 entries
  • požiralnik noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Spanish

1 entries
  • esófago noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Swahili

1 entries
  • umio wa chakula noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Swedish

1 entries
  • matstrupe noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • esopago noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • lalaugan noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Tajik

1 entries
  • сурхрӯда noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • tmijja noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Tatar

1 entries
  • үңәч noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Thai

1 entries
  • หลอดอาหาร noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • mambu bilong nek noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Turkish

2 entries
  • yemak noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • yemek borusu noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • стравохі́д noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قىزىلئۆڭگەچ noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • qiziloʻngach noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • thực quản noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Volapük

1 entries
  • söof noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Welsh

2 entries
  • oesoffagws noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)
  • sefnig noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • saihoz noun (the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Heartburn occurs when acid from the stomach gets into the oesophagus.

Source: tatoeba (12172070)

Heartburn is caused by acid from the stomach getting into the oesophagus.

Source: tatoeba (12172071)

It's not my oesophagus. I had it checked.

Source: tatoeba (13162193)

Graham, who lived in Somersham, Cambridgeshire, donated his oesophagus to the MRC cancer unit at Cambridge University, for research.

Source: wiktionary

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