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a. (Anat.) Esophageal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the esophagus. [ Written also œsophageal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Esophageal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. o'isofa`gos the esophagus + te`mnein to cut. ] (Surg.) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus, for the purpose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage. [ Written also œsophagotomy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. o'isofa`gos; root of o'i`sw which is used as future of fe`rein to bear, carry (cf. Skr. vī to go, drive) + fagei^n to eat. ] (Anat.) That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive. [ Written also œsophagus. ]

/mhw>, a. [ L. Aesopicus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Same as Æsopian. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Same as Æsopian, Æsopic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'eswteriko`s, fr. 'esw`teros inner, interior, comp. fr. 'e`sw in, within, fr. 'es, e'is, into, fr. 'en in. See In. ] 1. Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of discussions of technical topics and of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enough if every age produce two or three critics of this esoteric class, with here and there a reader to understand them. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Marked by secrecy or privacy; private; select; confidential; as, an esoteric purpose; an esoteric meeting. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]