Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, inability to swallow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Inability to swallow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine Inability to
swallow .
Etymologies
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a- not + Latin glutire to swallow.
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Examples
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n. this practice; pastureland available for this. aglutition
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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a - L. glutire ` swallow 'aglutition ` inability to swallow'
jmjarmstrong commented on the word aglutition
JM reckons filling his mouth with glue to experience aglutition would not make a spring.
February 14, 2010
bilby commented on the word aglutition
But we can only hope.
February 14, 2010