Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Loss of the ability to swallow.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inability to swallow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
condition of difficulty inswallowing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun loss of the ability to swallow
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Examples
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He'd had a series of strokes and each one took a little more away from him and he had what's called aphagia.
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The first areas to become paralyzed are usually the throat and larynx, resulting in aphonia, dysphagia, and complete aphagia.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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_Sensory paralysis of the esophagus_ by breaking the continuity of the reflex arc, may so impair the peristaltic movements as to produce aphagia.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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Odynphagia and dysphagia or aphagia may or may not be present.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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A very small object may excite sufficient spasm to cause aphagia, while a relatively large foreign body may be tolerated, after a time, so that the swallowing function may seem normal.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
jmjarmstrong commented on the word aphagia
JM knows that an aphagia is a hard fact to swallow.
December 28, 2010