noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act or process of swallowing. countable, obsolete, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

deglutition

Etymology

From Latin gluttītiō, from gluttiō (“to swallow”).

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