Circumesophagal

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Circumesophagal \Cir`cum*e*soph"a*gal\, a. [Pref. circum- +
     esophagal.] (Anat.)
     Surrounding the esophagus; -- in (Zool.) said of the nerve
     commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks.
     [1913 Webster]