Meaning of GULLET
| Pronunciation: | | 'gulit
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| | Definition: | | [n] the passage between the pharynx and the stomach |
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| | Synonyms: | | esophagus, gorge, oesophagus |
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| | See Also: | | alimentary canal, alimentary tract, cardiac sphincter, digestive tract, digestive tube, epicardia, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract, muscle system, muscular structure, musculature, passage, passageway | |
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| | Definition: | | \Gul"let\, n. [OE. golet, OF. Goulet, dim. of gole,
goule, throat, F. gueule, L. gula; perh. akin to Skr. gula,
G. kenle; cf. F. goulet the neck of a bottle, goulotte
channel gutter. Cf. {Gules}, {Gully}.]
1. (Anat.) The tube by which food and drink are carried from
the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.
2. Something shaped like the food passage, or performing
similar functions; as:
(a) A channel for water.
(b) (Engin.) A preparatory cut or channel in excavations,
of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
(c) A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.
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| | Related Terms: | | abdomen, abomasum, bay window, beerbelly, belly, breadbasket, craw, crop, diaphragm, embonpoint, esophagus, fauces, first stomach, gizzard, goozle, gorge, gut, guzzle, hals, honeycomb stomach, kishkes, manyplies, maw, midriff, omasum, paunch, pharynx, pot, potbelly, potgut, psalterium, pusgut, rennet bag, reticulum, rumen, second stomach, spare tire, stomach, swagbelly, third stomach, throat, tummy, tum-tum, underbelly, ventripotence, weasand, wizen |
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