How do you pronounce 'oesophagitis'?

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Oesophagus has a hard g, but gi is a soft g (eg meningitis).

So is it oesophaJYtis or oesophaGUYtis?

It's .....JYtis .

I'd always say oesophaGUS, I've never heard it pronounced any other way

It's OesophaJYtis

JY

Ess off a JY tiss.

Jy

Coffee, inflammation of the oesophaGUS is called oesopha?itis, and it's the ? that is puzzling me

The suffix is -itis, not -gitis, so the 'g' belongs to oesophag-. I'd make it hard.

Thanks, all

The suffix is -itis, not -gitis, so the 'g' belongs to oesophag-. I'd make it hard.

I agree. In meningitis, the soft g comes from meninges.

As a nurse I would say Uss-off-ah-jytis

Dr here. Only ever heard oesophagitis pronounced with a soft g

I just found a couple of online pronunciation sites. One of each but I'd swear the hard g one had added an extra syllable and made it -gititis.

Pronunciation isn't always logical so obviously defer to the medics!

The letter "g" makes its soft "j" sound when followed by "e", "i" or "y" as in the words general, giraffe and gyroscope.

The letter "c" also makes its soft sound when followed by"e", "i" or "y" as in the words centre, circle and cylinder.

So that would mean the world is pronounced oesopha-J-itis

-gus and -jitis. It's the letter after that influences the pronunciation.