aphagia
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Aphagia — should not be confused with the similarly pronounced aphasia, a language disorder. Aphagia is a medical term referring to the inability or refusal to swallow. It is derived from the Greek root a meaning not or without and phagia meaning to eat.… … Wikipedia
aphagia — noun loss of the ability to swallow • Hypernyms: ↑pathology * * * əˈfāj(ē)ə, aˈ noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin, from a (II) + phagia … Useful english dictionary
aphagia — n. [Gr. a, not; phagein, to eat] Unable to ingest … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
aphagia — /euh fay jee euh/, n. Pathol. difficulty or pain in swallowing. [1865 70; A 6 + PHAGIA] * * * … Universalium
aphagia — noun the condition of difficulty in swallowing … Wiktionary
Aphagia — Inability to eat. From the Greek prefix “a “ meaning “not” + “phago” meaning “to eat” + not to eat. * * * Inability to eat. [G. a priv. + phago, to eat] * * * apha·gia ə fā j(ē )ə, a n loss of the ability to swallow * * * apha·gia (ə… … Medical dictionary
aphagia — n. inability to swallow (Medicine) … English contemporary dictionary
aphagia — apha·gia … English syllables
aphagia — /əˈfeɪdʒiə/ (say uh fayjeeuh) noun the inability to swallow. {New Latin, from a a 6 + Greek phagia, from phagein to eat} …
aphagia — n. inability to swallow … Dictionary of difficult words
