esophagus

Example Sentences

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Or she operates the machine as the doctor guides a probe down the esophagus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

Not long after, she went through more procedures: one to amputate her damaged limb and another to cut through her neck to retrieve a fishing hook that had migrated to tissue outside the esophagus.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

NRF2 overactivity plays a major role in chemotherapy resistance in several solid tumors, including cancers of the liver, esophagus and head and neck.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025

The camera allows doctors to inspect the esophagus up close and check for abnormal cells that could become cancerous.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024

Which isn’t good because I can feel weeks’ and weeks’ worth of verbal puke surging up my esophagus.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone