esophageally

English

Adverb

esophageally (not comparable)

1. Of, through, by, into, or involving the esophagus.
   • 1965, Ronald Sherwood Tikofsky, Phonetic Characteristics of Esophageal Speech, page 83:

     The lowest frequencies of the integral harmonic series of esophageally phonated vowels are different from each other.

   • 2004, Gregg S. Margolis, Paramedic, Airway Management, page 239:

     Unfortunately, misting can also sometimes occur in a patient who has a significan amount of gastric air who has been esophageally intubated.

   • 2012, Rodney A. Hill, Feed Efficiency in the Beef Industry, page 280:

     Because of the practical and ethical difficulties in preparing and maintaining esophageally fistulated animals, many authors use a simulated grazing method in which forage is collected by hand, attempting to simulate the observed selectivity by animals grazing the same pasture.

Derived terms

• intraesophageally
• supraesophageally