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Definition: DYSPHAGIA |
DYSPHAGIANoun1. Alt. of Dysphagy |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Difficulty in swallowing. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Dysphagia is the general term for any disorder causing difficulty swallowing. Dysphagia is more common in the elderly. People with dysphagia may be required to eat foods of altered texture, such as soft/moist, chopped, or pureed foods; or liquids might be required to be thickened to allow slower transit. A variety of medical difficulties can cause dysphagia, including stroke, degenerative neurological diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease), reflux disease, and esophageal achalasia. One of the most serious possible complications from dysphagia is aspiration pneumonia, caused by the ingestion of liquids or foods in to the lungs.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dysphagia."
Crosswords: DYSPHAGIA |
| Specialty definitions using "DYSPHAGIA": Esophageal Spasm, Diffuse ♦ Plummer-Vinson Syndrome ♦ Vagus Nerve Diseases. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "DYSPHAGIA" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Danish (dysphagia). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Dysphagia can be serious. (references) | |
There are different treatments for various types of dysphagia. (references) | ||
Sometimes the treatment for these types of cancers can cause dysphagia. (references) | ||
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| "DYSPHAGIA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "DYSPHAGIA" is used about 72 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 72 | 39,377 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "DYSPHAGIA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | dysphagia, dysfagi, synkebesvaer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | dysfagie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | dysphagie (f), dysphagie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Dysphagie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | δυσφαγία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "פרעת "בליע". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | disfagia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 부 실어증. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ysphagiaday disfagia. (various references) disfagia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "DYSPHAGIA": dysphagias. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-g-h-i-p-s-y" | |
-3 letters: aphids. | |
-4 letters: aghas, aphid, aphis, apish, ayahs, daisy, dashi, dashy, dishy, gadis, gipsy, padis, paisa, pasha, saiga, sapid, sayid, shady, spahi, yagis. | |
-5 letters: aahs, agas, agha, aids, ashy, ayah, dags, dahs, dais, daps, dash, days, digs, dips, dish, gadi, gads, gaps, gapy, gash, gasp, gays, ghis, gids, gips, gyps, hags, haps, hasp, hays. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-g-h-i-p-s-y" | |
+1 letter: dysphagias. | |
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