oesophagogastric junction

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   the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium

   Synonymsesophagogastric junction

   Broaderarticulation

Questions about oesophagogastric junction

What does oesophagogastric junction mean?

oesophagogastric junction means "the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium".

What is another word for oesophagogastric junction?

Close synonyms include esophagogastric junction. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oesophagogastric junction a common word?

oesophagogastric junction is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.