/i sof"euh geuhs, ee sof"-/ , n. , pl. esophagi /-juy', guy'/ . Anat., Zool.
a muscular passage connecting the mouth or pharynx with the stomach in invertebrate and vertebrate animals; gullet.
[ 1350-1400; oesophagus oisophágos gullet, lit., channel for eating ( oiso-, akin to oísein, fut. inf. of phérein to carry + -phagos eating); r. ME ysophagus ]