E-sōph'a-gŭs, n.

noun

(e-sōf'a-gŭs), n. [Gr. οἰσοφάγος, from οἴσω, future of φέρειν, to bear, carry, and φαγεῖν, to eat.] (Anat.) The passage through which food and drink pass to the stomach; the gullet. [Written also œsophagus.]