| oesophagism | Oesophageal spasm causing dysphagia. Synonym: dysphagia nervosa, nervous dysphagia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| oesophagitis | <pathology> Inflammation of the oesophagus. (18 Nov 1997) |
| oesophagitis candida | Infection of the oesophagus by the yeast-like fungus Candidal albicans. Usually occurs in the immunocompromised individual (AIDS). Oral thrush is a predisposing factor. Symptoms include difficulty swallowing, pain on swallowing and oral lesions. Diagnosis is made using UGI endoscopy. Treatment is with antifungal agents such as ketoconazole or fluconazole. (27 Sep 1997) |
| oesophagitis, peptic | Inflammation of the oesophagus caused by reflux of gastric juice and/or stomach and duodenal contents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| oesophagocardioplasty | Plastic surgery of the oesophagus and cardiac end of the stomach. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagocele | Protrusion of the mucous membrane of the oesophagus through a tear in the muscular coat. Origin: oesophagus + G. Kele, hernia (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagoduodenostomy | <procedure, surgery> A surgical procedure where the entire stomach is removed and the oesophagus is connected to the duodenum. (27 Sep 1997) |
| oesophagodynia | Synonym: oesophagalgia. Origin: oesophagus + G. Odyne, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagoenterostomy | Surgical formation of a direct communication between the oesophagus and intestine. Origin: oesophagus + G. Enteron, intestine, + stoma, mouth (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagogastrectomy | Removal of a portion of the lower oesophagus and proximal stomach for treatment of neoplasms or strictures of those organs, especially those lesions located at or near the cardioesophageal junction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagogastric junction | Terminal end of oesophagus and beginning of stomach at the cardiac orifice; site of the physiologic inferior oesophageal sphincter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagogastric orifice | The trumpet-shaped opening of the oesophagus into the stomach. Synonym: ostium cardiacum, cardiac opening, oesophagogastric orifice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagogastric ring | A congenital anatomic narrowing in the lower 1/3 of the oesophagus that is the result of inappropriate embryological development of the oesophagus. Symptoms include difficulty swallowing and chest pain (under the sternum). Treatment involves the use of a fibreoptic endoscope using a dilator to open up the narrowed segment of the oesophagus. (27 Sep 1997) |
| oesophagogastric vestibule | The dilated aboral portion of the oesophagus, just above the cardiac orifice; usually it corresponds to the lumen of abdominal part of the oesophagus although its relation to the diaphragm is variable. Synonym: oesophagogastric vestibule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagogastroanastomosis | Anastomosis of oesophagus to stomach, usually following oesophagogastrectomy. Synonym: oesophagogastroanastomosis, gastroesophagostomy. Origin: oesophagus + G. Gaster, stomach, + stoma, mouth (05 Mar 2000) |