deglutition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act or physiological process of swallowing

   Pain during deglutition prompted the patient to seek medical advice.

Borrowed from French deglutition or Late Latin deglutitio, from deglutire, 'to swallow down,' plus the action-noun suffix -tio. The Latin verb combines de-, here intensifying or indicating downward motion, with glutire or gluttire, 'to swallow.' It is now chiefly an anatomical and medical term.

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