dysphagia
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- noun
- /dɪsˈfeɪdʒə/
- Specialized
:
disfagia
- He was diagnosed with dysphagia after having trouble swallowing solid foods.
- patients with dysphagia
- pain and dysphagia
- dysphagia and swallowing
Examples
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A 56-year-old woman presented to our clinic with a 5-month history of dysphagia with solid foods.
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A 69-year-old man presented with complaints of voice change and dysphagia that had developed within the previous year.
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For post-treatment head and neck cancer patients who had dysphagia, the motion was found to be greater.
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At the end of radiation, she had improvement in her dysphagia and a partial response of all tumors.
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Patients often present with progressive dysphagia, hoarseness, dyspnea, or foreign-body sensation.
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The hallmarks of peritonsillar abscess are severe sore throat, dysphagia, a "hot potato voice," and trismus.
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Many patients with dysphagia struggle to eat without experiencing pain.
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Her dysphagia made it difficult for her to enjoy meals with family.
Antonyms
How Difficult
- Specialized
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
dysphagia = dys + phagia
The term is formed from Greek combining forms ('dys-' + '-phagia') that are not familiar productive English morphemes for a B1 learner, so the meaning 'difficulty swallowing' is not transparently derivable from common English vocabulary.
Etymology
Dysphagia comes from Greek parts dys- meaning 'bad' or 'difficult' and -phagia from phagein meaning 'to eat' or 'to swallow'. So, dysphagia is the medical word for having trouble or pain when you swallow, which is why doctors use it for difficulty in swallowing.