œsophagitis
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See also: oesophagitis
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]œsophagitis (plural not attested)
- Obsolete spelling of esophagitis.
- 1892, Ephraim Fletcher Ingals, Diseases of the Chest, Throat and Nasal Cavities, William Wood & Company, second edition, chapter XXXVIII, page 622:
- Acute œsophagitis is a comparatively rare affection of the mucous membrane lining the œsophagus, characterized by painful deglutition.