пищевод

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Russian

Пищевод человека

Etymology

First attested in 1835. пи́ща (píšča) +‎ -е- (-e-) +‎ води́ть (vodítʹ), calque of Ancient Greek οἰσοφάγος (oisophágos).

Pronunciation

Noun

пищево́д (piščevódm inan (genitive пищево́да, nominative plural пищево́ды, genitive plural пищево́дов)

  1. gullet, oesophagus

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References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “пищевод”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 176