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Webster 1913 Edition

Supra-esophageal

{

Suˊpra-e-soph′a-gal

,

Suˊpra-eˊso-phag′e-al

, }

Adj.

(Bot. & Zool.)

Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the esophagus;

as, the

supra-esophageal

ganglion of Crustacea

.

[Written also

supra-oesophagal

, and

supra-oesophageal

.]