Definitions
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- noun severe pain in
mouth oresophagus when attempting toswallow .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun severe pain on swallowing due to a disorder of the esophagus
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Examples
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_Amputation of the epiglottis_ for palliation of odynophagia or dysphagia in tuberculous or malignant disease, is of benefit when the ulceration is confined to this region; though as to tuberculosis the author feels rather conservatingly inclined.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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Children with chronic tonsillitis may have dysphagia or odynophagia that may lead to a reduced calorie intake.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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"Children with chronic tonsillitis may have dysphagia or odynophagia that may lead to a reduced calorie intake," said study author Dr Anita Jeyakumar, a pediatric otolaryngologist at St. Louis University Medical School.
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"Children with chronic tonsillitis may have dysphagia or odynophagia that may lead to a reduced calorie intake," said study author Dr Anita Jeyakumar, a pediatric otolaryngologist at St. Louis University Medical School.
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A 61-year-old Caucasian man was admitted to our endoscopy unit for the investigation of odynophagia and retrosternal pain of new onset.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Umit Akyuz 2010
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We report the case of a 49 year old woman with invasive ductal carcinoma with lobular differentiation who developed submucosal oropharyngeal metastases nearly two years after her original diagnosis after presenting with odynophagia and dysphagia.
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Fevers, chills, sweats while wearing sweats, and then having to get out of my sweats because of the sweat; anorexia (not nervosa) but with plenty of nausea (not vomiting), ageusia (lack of taste (for food not fashion)), odynophagia, dysphonia, insomnia, headaches.
niels commented on the word odynophagia
painful swallowing, sometimes used specifically to distinguish painful swallowing from mechanically obstructed swallowing, i.e. dysphagia.
March 29, 2007