- aerophagia, aerophagy
- An abnormal swallowing of air as seen in crib-biting and wind-sucking. SYN: pneumophagia. [aero- + G. phago, to eat]
Medical dictionary. 2011.
aerophagia, aerophagy
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Aerophagia — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|F|45|3|f|40 ICD9 = ICD9|306.4 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D000334 Aerophagia (var. aerophagy) is a condition that occurs when a person… … Wikipedia
aerophagy — n. the swallowing of air. This may be done voluntarily to stimulate belching, accidentally during rapid eating or drinking, or unconsciously as a habit. Voluntary aerophagy is used to permit oesophageal speech after surgical removal of the larynx … Medical dictionary
aerophagy — noun the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria. Syn: aerophagia … Wiktionary
aerophagia — noun aerophagy … Wiktionary
aerophagy — noun see aerophagia * * * aerophˈagy noun (Gr phagein to eat) spasmodic swallowing of air, leading to belching, stomach pain, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑aero … Useful english dictionary
Аэрофагия — МКБ 10 F45.345.3 МКБ 9 306.4306.4 MeSH … Википедия
