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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]
Overview
Historical Perspective
- The esophagus was first named by the ancient Greeks as "oisophagos” at which “oiso” means carry and “phagema” means food.[1]
References
- ↑ Granderath, Frank A.; Kamolz, Thomas; Pointner, Rudolph (2006). doi:10.1007/3-211-32317-1. Missing or empty
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