esophageal

American  

[ih-sof-uh-jee-uhl, ee-suh-faj-ee-uhl] / ɪˌsɒf əˈdʒi əl, ˌi səˈfædʒ i əl /

adjective

1. pertaining to the esophagus.

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Other Word Forms

• postesophageal adjective
• preesophageal adjective
• subesophageal adjective

Etymology

Origin of esophageal

1800–10; esophag(us) + -eal, variant of -ial

Example Sentences

The association was especially strong for breast, colorectal, liver, oral, laryngeal, esophageal and gastric cancers.

From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2025

The morning before the House voted on the OBBBA, Virginia Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly died from esophageal cancer.

From Slate • May 24, 2025

“Although I’m famous as a pessimist, I really haven’t been pessimistic,” Davis told me in 2022, the last time we saw each other, months before he died of esophageal cancer at 76.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2025

Democratic representatives instead gave the spot to a 74-year-old with esophageal cancer, Rep. Gerry Connelly, D-Va.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024

Dysphagia is the medical term for not being able to swallow, and I know that there are two kinds of dysphagia: oropharyngeal and esophageal.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan