aglutitionn.
/ˌaɡluːˈtɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌæɡluˈtɪʃ(ə)n/ Medicine. rare.
Inability to swallow; = aphagia n. 1.historical in quot. 1907, with reference to the Genera Morborum of Linnaeus.
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1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Aglutition, difficulty of swallowing, or deglutition.
1907 Med. Libr. & Hist. Jrnl. 5 191 These two [species of disease] are aglutition (‘deglutitio impedita’) and agalactia (‘lactis defectus’).
2011 D. Mittapalli in P. Jevon Clin. Diagnosis viii. 188 Other words that are synonymously used are aglutition, aphagia, and odynophagia, even though there is a slight literal difference between them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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