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dysphagia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /dɪsˈfeɪ̯d͡ʒ(i)ə/

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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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." 1910, Alfred Bruck, F. W. Forbes Ross, The Diseases of the Nose, Mouth, Pharynx and Larynx, page 305:

Forms

Deriveds

dysphagic

Relateds

dysphasia · hard to swallow

Synonyms

dysphagy

Translations (25)

es disfagia (difficulty in swallowing) · ja 嚥下障害 (difficulty in swallowing) · ca disfàgia (difficulty in swallowing) · hu nyelési zavar (difficulty in swallowing) · el δυσκαταποσία (difficulty in swallowing) · ga diosfaige (difficulty in swallowing) · tr Yutkunma zorluğu (difficulty in swallowing) · cs dysfagie (difficulty in swallowing) · el δυσφαγία (difficulty in swallowing) · id disfagia (difficulty in swallowing) · eo disfagio (difficulty in swallowing) · hu dysphagia (difficulty in swallowing) · de Dysphagie (difficulty in swallowing) · fr dysphagie (difficulty in swallowing) · bg разстройство в дъвченето (difficulty in swallowing) · cmn 吞嚥困難 /吞咽困难 (difficulty in swallowing) · fi dysfagia (difficulty in swallowing) · nl dysfagie (difficulty in swallowing) · fi nielemisvaikeus (difficulty in swallowing) · ko 연하곤란 (difficulty in swallowing) · cmn 吞嚥障礙 /吞咽障碍 (difficulty in swallowing) · pt disfagia (difficulty in swallowing) · de Schluckstörung (difficulty in swallowing) · pl dysfagia (difficulty in swallowing) · it disfagia (difficulty in swallowing)