esophagus
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Or she operates the machine as the doctor guides a probe down the esophagus.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
NRF2 overactivity plays a major role in chemotherapy resistance in several solid tumors, including cancers of the liver, esophagus and head and neck.
From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025
They’re “just the right size to get stuck in the esophagus of a small child, especially a child younger than four years,” Litovitz said in an email.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2024
Approximately 600 times a day, the esophagus ferries whatever is in your mouth down to your stomach.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024
Which isn’t good because I can feel weeks’ and weeks’ worth of verbal puke surging up my esophagus.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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