Standard Lemma guide

esophagectomy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • rhymes with -ɛktəmi

1

noun

Meaning 1

The surgical procedure for the removal of all, or part of the esophagus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From esophag- + -ectomy.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: œsophagectomie — removal of all or part of the esophagus
  • Icelandic: vélindisúrnám — removal of all or part of the esophagus
  • Italian: esofagectomia — removal of all or part of the esophagus
  • Romanian: esofagectomie — removal of all or part of the esophagus
  • Spanish: esofaguectomía — removal of all or part of the esophagus
  • Tagalog: alislalaugan — removal of all or part of the esophagus