dysphagia

Definition

Difficulty in swallowing.

Etymology

From dys- + -phagia.

Example Sentences

• "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.""

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