dysphagia, dysphagy

dysphagia, dysphagy: Difficulty in swallowing. SEE ALSO: aglutition. [dys- + G. phago, to eat]

- d. lusoria d. said to be due to compression by the right subclavian artery arising abnormally from the descending aorta and passing behind the esophagus. [coinage from L. lusus naturae, a sport of nature]

- d. nervosa, nervous d. SYN: esophagism.

- sideropenic d. SYN: Plummer-Vinson syndrome.

- vallecular d. d. caused by food becoming lodged in a vallecula above the epiglottis. SYN: Barclay-Baron disease.

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Dysphagy — Dysphagia Dys*pha gi*a, Dysphagy Dys pha*gy, n. [NL. dysphagia, fr. Gr. dys ill, hard + ? to eat.] (Med.) Difficulty in swallowing. || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dysphagia — Dys*pha gi*a, Dysphagy Dys pha*gy, n. [NL. dysphagia, fr. Gr. dys ill, hard + ? to eat.] (Med.) Difficulty in swallowing. || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dysphagy — noun difficulty in swallowing Syn: dysphagia … Wiktionary
dysphagia — noun difficulty in swallowing Syn: dysphagy … Wiktionary
dysphagy — dys·pha·gy (disґfə je) dysphagia … Medical dictionary

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