Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Difficulty in swallowing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, difficulty in swallowing. Also
dysphagy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Difficulty in swallowing.
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- noun
difficulty inswallowing
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the case of patients suffering swallowing problems following a stroke, known as dysphagia, the provision of speech and language therapy delivers £653,000 in net savings to the NHS, or a return of £2.30 for every £1 invested.
WalesOnline - Home 2010
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She conned paediatricians into believing he needed a wheelchair, claiming he had cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, a throat disorder called dysphagia and countless food allergies.
unknown title 2009
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In clinical use, this toxin had been known to cause distant side effects such as dysphagia (inability to swallow) when it was used in normal doses.
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In clinical use, this toxin had been known to cause distant side effects such as dysphagia (inability to swallow) when it was used in normal doses.
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Flexible ENT scopes are used by otolaryngologists to examine the nose and throat area for various disorders such as dysphagia, reflux disease, snoring, and chronic sinusitis.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Bisphosphonates, including Actonel, may cause upper gastrointestinal disorders such as dysphagia, esophagitis and esophageal or gastric ulcers.
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The following symptoms may be present: noisy or labored breathing, especially with eating difficulty eating and swallowing – the child regurgitates milk or other food dysphagia – the child feels like something is “stuck in the throat”; the child keeps choking or feels like he or she is choking on food persistent cough acid reflux
Vascular Ring 2010
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Feeding and swallowing problems (dysphagia) are extremely complex and surprisingly common in children.
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Watson knows that 'difficulty swallowing' is 'dysphagia,' he said.
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Feeding and swallowing problems (dysphagia) are extremely complex and surprisingly common in children.
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