Deglutition is just a fancy word for swallowing.
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Deglutition
//ˌdiːɡluːˈtɪʃ(ə)n//
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[T]he action of the gullet, that is deglutition, is performed and conſummated, the action being animall and partly Naturall.
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The Uvula […] ſerves as an arched and ſlippery Bridge, exactly fitted every way to cover the convex Sides and Rima of the Glottis, for the Aliment to ſlide eaſily along in Deglutition; it prevents the Aliment from falling out of the Fauces into the Larynx in Deglutition; and being moved by its Muſcles, protruds the Aliment backward into the upper Part of the Fauces.
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A man of the age of twenty-ſeven had a tubercle at the root of his tongue, for about ſix years; […] Deglutitions were rendered extremely difficult.
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