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Meaning of dysphagia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/dɪsˈfeɪ̯d͡ʒ(i)ə/

Definitions

Difficulty in swallowing.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Čeština dysfagie
Español disfagia
Français dysphagie
Bahasa Indonesia disfagia
Italiano disfagia
日本語 嚥下障害
한국어 연하곤란
Nederlands dysfagie
Polski dysfagia
Português disfagia

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.

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