dysphagic
- adjective
- /dɪsˈfeɪdʒɪk/
- Specialized
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disfágico
- After the stroke, she became dysphagic, making it difficult for her to enjoy meals.
Examples
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Patients who are dysphagic may require special diets to ensure they can eat safely.
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The speech therapist conducted exercises to help the dysphagic patient improve their swallowing ability.
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To better evaluate dysphagic symptoms, instrumental assessments are often needed.
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One might expect, for example, that patients who need major head and neck cancer surgery are often dysphagic and even cachectic, and would be hyperosmolar.
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I'm 23, I can't weight bear, sit, or transfer independently; I'm dysphagic and incontinent, PEG-tubed and catheterized.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
dysphagic = dysphagia (semi-transparent) = dys + phag + ic
The adjective is a regular denominal formation from the noun 'dysphagia' using '-ic', forming 'relating to or having dysphagia'.
Etymology
Dysphagic comes from the Greek parts dys- meaning 'difficult' and -phagic meaning 'to eat' or 'to swallow'. So dysphagic describes someone who has trouble swallowing.