Meaning of dysphagia | Babel Free
/dɪsˈfeɪ̯d͡ʒ(i)ə/Definitions
Difficulty in swallowing.
countable, uncountable
Equivalents
Examples
“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."”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.