Deglutition
/ˌdiːɡluːˈtɪʃ(ə)n/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act or process of swallowing. countable, uncountable
"[T]he action of the gullet, that is deglutition, is performed and conſummated, the action being animall and partly Naturall."
- 2 the act of swallowing wordnet
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More examples"Deglutition is just a fancy word for swallowing."
Etymology
Borrowed from French déglutition or from Late Latin dēglūtītiō, from Latin dēglūtīre, dēgluttīre + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or the results of actions). Dēgluttīre is derived from dēgluttiō (“to swallow down”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘from, off’) + gluttiō (“to gulp down, swallow”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”)).