deglutition

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Figure 23.14 Deglutition Deglutition includes the voluntary phase and two involuntary phases: the pharyngeal phase and the esophageal phase.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Deglutition, somewhat difficult in paresis, is completely suspended in the paralytic stage, through paralysis of the soft palate, the pharynx, and œsophagus.

From On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote by Mueller, A.

Deglutition, deg-lōō-tish′un, n. the act or power of swallowing.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various