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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Papa’s first meal arrived in the evening. Because of his special diet due to his dysphagia, or inability to swallow, all of his food was the texture of mashed potatoes.
‘I prayed for a bed’: the fight for my father in the US healthcare system Erum Salam 2024
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