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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