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esophagus

esoph.a.gus \i-'sa.f-*-g*s\ \-.gi-, -.ji-, -.ge-\ n or esoph.a.gi [ME 
   ysophagus, fr. Gk oisophagos, fr. oisein to be going to c] pl arry + 
   phagein to eat - more at BAKSHEESH : a muscular tube that leads from the 
   pharynx to the stomach, passes down  the neck between the trachea and the 
   spinal column, and in man is about nine inches long