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esophagus

noun as in gullet

Strong matches

noun as in throat

noun as in vocal cords

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While useful for muscle pain, these can cause problems anywhere along the GI tract, from the esophagus to the colon.

On top of that, anything that is long or sharp has the potential to scratch or tear the eater’s esophagus, the long tube that connects the mouth to the stomach.

The fossil and living nervous systems match up in their arrangements of nerves to the eyes and appendages, and show the same central opening for the esophagus to pass through.

The case currently before the Texas Supreme Court involves a 19-month-old toddler who suffered permanent damage to her esophagus when she ingested a lithium-ion battery that popped out of a knockoff remote control.

So, the reason I “got into” making gravy was I had to follow a strict soft food diet for a couple months this summer after scorching my esophagus.

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Through the mouth the animal ejects a part of the esophagus and envelops its prey, which is often of considerable size.

The food that is swallowed passes down the esophagus and enters the stomach.

Close to its posterior end the esophagus gives off three food reservoirs, two above and a single larger one below.

The respiratory system is represented by the anlage of the lungs, a longitudinal protrusion of the ventral wall of the esophagus.

In the same way American usage prefers esophagus, diarrhea and gonorrhea to the English oesophagus, diarrhoea and gonorrhoea.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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