Alternate spelling for esophagus. The British have an oesophagus while Americans have an esophagus. But on both sides of the Atlantic it is known as the swallowing tube. Inflammation of this organ is known as esophagitis or oesophagitis:

alternative spelling of esophagus. See oe. Related: Oesophageal.

The oesophagus connects the throat to the stomach. In humans and other vertebrates it is a muscular tube lined with mucous membrane.

A tube-shaped canal in the digestive tract, connecting the throat to the stomach

The gullet, a muscular tube propelling food from trachea to stomach.

(n) the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

  The tube-like portion of the digestive canal between the mouth and the stomach, food pipe

The canal which runs from the throat to the stomach (19thc)

the part of the digestive system from the throat to the stomach down which food passes.

The oesophagus is one of the organs within the gastrointestinal system. It is a muscular tube structure, passing from the pharynx (back of the throat) to the stomach. Its main function is the transpor [..]

the first part of the throat. A muscular tube that draws the bird's food further into its body.

The narrow part of the alimentary canal immediately posterior to the pharynx and mouth. Ommatidium.

The anterior undifferentiated stomodaeum or fore gut of an insect leading from the mouth to the mesenteron; or if the stomodaeum is differentiated, that anterior portion from the mouth to the crop, or proventriculus, etc.

Also known as the ‘gullet’. The muscular tube, about 23 cm long, that extends from the back of the throat to the stomach.

The oesophagus is the passage in the body where food passes from the pharynx to the stomach, aided by peristalsis - muscle contractions through the digestive tract.

The oesophagus is the passage in the body where food passes from the pharynx to the stomach, aided by peristalsis - muscle contractions through the digestive tract.

The tube that carries food from the throat into the stomach. Sometimes called the gullet.

The oesophagus, sometimes known as the gullet, is an organ in vertebrates which consists of a muscular tube through which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach.