circumesophageal

English

Etymology

circum- + esophageal

Adjective

circumesophageal (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Surrounding the esophagus.
    circumesophageal connective
    circumesophageal interneurons
    circumesophageal ganglia
    the circumesophageal nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks

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