Dysphagia

//dɪsˈfeɪ̯d͡ʒ(i)ə// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Difficulty in swallowing. countable, uncountable

    "If the sensory branches of the laryngeal nerve (superior laryngeal nerve) are paralysed, the danger is great, for the patients, owing to the abolished reflex action, are prone to misswallow (dysphagia) , and become subject to "foreign body pneumonia.""

  2. 2
    condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful wordnet

Synonyms

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dysphagydysphagy

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"If the sensory branches of the laryngeal nerve (superior laryngeal nerve) are paralysed, the danger is great, for the patients, owing to the abolished reflex action, are prone to misswallow (dysphagia) , and become subject to "foreign body pneumonia.""

Etymology

From dys- + -phagia.

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