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Vinony

dysphagia

noun

  1. swallowing disorders
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪsˈfeɪ̯d͡ʒ(i)ə/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- English -phagia English dysphagia From dys- + -phagia.

  1. Difficulty in swallowing.

    “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."”