Anonymous

Could be a medical or British spelling. So maybe both are fine.

Anonymous

In Britain, in a general context, I would expect to see "oesophagus". I have only heard it pronounced as "ee-sofag(u)ss", with the stress on "ee". Very likely Americans would spell it "esophagus" or maybe even "esofagus".

Anonymous

oesophagus oe isn't really a diphtong. It's more of an O with an umlaut: ö Unfortunately, that sound doesn't exist in English, and anglos turn it into an "ee"-sound, just like they do with ae in "faeces"

Anonymous

Increasingly, "e" is the more common way to spell it and "oe" (as a diphthong) is becoming more rare.

Anonymous

esophagus (American English) or oesophagus (British English) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esophagus

Anonymous

British oesophagus (US esophagus) https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/defini...

Anonymous

either spelling can be used

Anonymous

Oesophagus....the other one is the American spelling...they love dropping letters from words...Favourite...favorite, Aluminium...aluminum.

Anonymous

Oesophagus is the spelling used in British Commonwealth countries. Esophagus is American English. Americans dropped the unspoken 'o'.