Synonym: esophagus, gorge, gullet. Similar words: esophagus, sarcophagus, macrophage, nasopharynx, bacteriophage, nasopharyngeal, magus, tragus. Meaning: [ɪː'sɑfəgəs /-'sɒ-] n. the passage between the pharynx and the stomach.
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1. There the incidence of the cancer of the oesophagus was suspected to be pretty high.
2. The oesophagus is the tube leading from the throat to the stomach.
3. The oesophagus, stomach, small and large intestines were macroscopically normal.
4. For squamous cell carcinomas of the oesophagus, histological differentiation grade has no significant effect on survival.
5. Larvae then travel via the bronchi, trachea and oesophagus to the gut.
6. Via the trachea and the oesophagus, they eventually reach the small intestine.
7. This report describes an intramural haematoma of the oesophagus, a rare but potentially dangerous complication of variceal injection.
8. Experiments were therefore designed to try to show the existence of bicarbonate secretion by the normal human oesophagus.
9. Gillen etal compared 25 patients with oesophagitis in a single group with 24 Barrett's oesophagus patients.
10. A wide variation among subjects was also seen in the total amount of food refluxed into the oesophagus.
11. Allison and Johnstone suggested that columnar epithelium occurred in the lower oesophagus, secondary to gastro-oesophageal reflux.
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12. Typically, a small triangular frontal ganglion lies above the oesophagus, a short distance in front of the brain.
13. Only six patients were previously known to have a columnar lined oesophagus.
14. Several factors are responsible for recurrent exposure of the distal oesophagus to gastric contents and the subsequent development of reflux oesophagitis.
15. Some rhythmic contraction waves propagated a short distance into the proximal oesophagus.
16. Patients with reflux oesophagitis also take longer to clear acid instilled into the oesophagus.
17. All subjects included in the study were healthy young persons without any symptoms related to the oesophagus.
18. These contraction sequences were associated with long periods of increased baseline pressure in the distal oesophagus.
19. Such complications occur in approximately 50% of patients with Barrett's columnar lined lower oesophagus.
20. Smoking is also implicated in cancers of the bladder, pancreas, larynx, mouth, oesophagus[Sentencedict.com], pharynx and kidney.
21. Moreover, cycling occurred in nine of 10 patients with Barrett's oesophagus.
22. Epidemiological studies indicate similar mortality rates for cancer of the oesophagus in smokers of cigars, pipes and cigarettes.
23. Controversy exists over the influence of medical or surgical treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux on Barrett's oesophagus.
24. This supports the findings of a previous study which described increased oesophageal alkaline exposure in patients with Barrett's oesophagus.
25. There is considerable variability and heterogeneity in the clinical course of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus.
26. This pattern was limited to the distal, smooth muscle portion of the oesophagus.
27. During recurrence, dilatation was done without any radiological evaluation of the oesophagus.
28. Hiatus hernia was absent in only one of the nine patients with Barrett's oesophagus.
29. Whereas swallowed saliva contains bicarbonate, recent experiments have also demonstrated alkali secretion from the mammalian oesophagus.
30. While most patients with an adenocarcinoma associated with Barrett's oesophagus are resectable, the long term survival is low.
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