Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of swallowing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or power of swallowing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun physiology The act or process of
swallowing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of swallowing
Etymologies
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Examples
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This interesting part of the process of digestion, called deglutition or swallowing, is most easily and pleasantly performed, when the alimentary morsel has been well masticated and properly softened, not by drink, which should never be taken at this time, but by saliva.
Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes Ira Mayhew 1854
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On the contrary, he spoke like a frightened man, and accompanied almost every thing he said with a muscular effort at deglutition, which is one of the ordinary physical symptoms of fear.
Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. 1832
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Even so does it come to pass with the motions and action of the heart, which constitute a kind of deglutition, a transfusion of the blood from the veins to the arteries.
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Even so does it come to pass with the motions and action of the heart, which constitute a kind of deglutition, a transfusion of the blood from the veins to the arteries.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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Even so does it come to pass with the motions and action of the heart, which constitute a kind of deglutition, a transfusion of the blood from the veins to the arteries.
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“Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed,” Jane concludes, “but judgment untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition.”
THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES CLUB LAURIE ABRAHAM 2010
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But it may be doubled and multipled in succession — that is to say, that in one act of deglutition we may experience successively a second and even a third sensation, each of which gradually becomes more weak, and which are described by the words after-taste, bouquet, or fragrance.
Sing for your supper Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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But it may be doubled and multipled in succession — that is to say, that in one act of deglutition we may experience successively a second and even a third sensation, each of which gradually becomes more weak, and which are described by the words after-taste, bouquet, or fragrance.
Archive 2007-05-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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And although I still find it a secret thrill, when I am found out to be a masticator, I am filled with shame, even more so when discovered in flagrante deglutition.
"Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself..." Ann Althouse 2008
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Yet all these motions, though executed by different and distinct organs, are performed harmoniously, and in such order that they seem to constitute but a single motion and act, which we call deglutition.
qms commented on the word deglutition
The oyster's a dire proposition
To eat one requires tuition:
Tilt bivalve to lip,
Then let the beast slip
And savor before deglutition.
November 3, 2015
ruzuzu commented on the word deglutition
Pearls of wisdom. Thanks, qms!
November 3, 2015
qms commented on the word deglutition
My pleasure, zuzu.
November 4, 2015