Meanings
noundysphagia (countable and uncountable, plural dysphagias)
plural dysphagias
- countableuncountablemedicineDifficulty in swallowing.
If the sensory branches of the laryngeal nerve (superior laryngeal nerve) are paralysed, the danger is great, for the patients, owing to the abolished reflex action, are prone to misswallow (dysphagia) , and become subject to "foreign body pneumonia."
1910, Alfred Bruck, F. W. Forbes Ross, The Diseases of the Nose, Mouth, Pharynx and Larynx, page 305Synonyms: dysphagy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounDifficulty in swallowing.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dews-?
- Proto-Indo-European*dus-
- Proto-Hellenic*dus-
- Ancient Greekδυσ- (dus-)
- New Latindys-
- Englishdys-
- Englishdysphagia
Translations
Bulgarian разстройство в дъвченето
- разстройство в дъвченето (razstrojstvo v dăvčeneto)difficulty in swallowing
Catalan disfàgia
- disfàgiadifficulty in swallowing
Chinese Mandarin 吞嚥障礙 /吞咽障碍, 吞嚥困難 /吞咽困难
- 吞嚥障礙 /吞咽障碍 (tūnyàn zhàng'ài)difficulty in swallowing
- 吞嚥困難 /吞咽困难 (tūnyàn kùnnan)difficulty in swallowing
Czech dysfagie
- dysfagiedifficulty in swallowing
Dutch dysfagie
- dysfagiedifficulty in swallowing
Esperanto disfagio
- disfagiodifficulty in swallowing
Finnish nielemisvaikeus, dysfagia
- nielemisvaikeusdifficulty in swallowing
- dysfagiadifficulty in swallowing
French dysphagie
- dysphagiedifficulty in swallowing
German Schluckstörung, Dysphagie
- Schluckstörungdifficulty in swallowing
- Dysphagiedifficulty in swallowing
Greek δυσφαγία, δυσκαταποσία
- δυσφαγία (dysfagía)difficulty in swallowing
- δυσκαταποσία (dyskataposía)difficulty in swallowing
Hungarian dysphagia, nyelési zavar
- dysphagiadifficulty in swallowing
- nyelési zavardifficulty in swallowing
Indonesian disfagia
- disfagiadifficulty in swallowing
Irish diosfaige
- diosfaigedifficulty in swallowing
Italian disfagia
- disfagiadifficulty in swallowing
Japanese 嚥下障害
- 嚥下障害 (engeshōgai)difficulty in swallowing
Korean 연하곤란
- 연하곤란 (yeonhagollan)difficulty in swallowing
Polish dysfagia
- dysfagiadifficulty in swallowing
Portuguese disfagia
- disfagiadifficulty in swallowing
Spanish disfagia
- disfagiadifficulty in swallowing
Turkish Yutkunma zorluğu
- Yutkunma zorluğudifficulty in swallowing
Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
dysphagia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysphagia
MLA
“dysphagia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysphagia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dysphagia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysphagia.
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