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deglutitions

deglutitions is the plural of deglutition.

Meaning of deglutition

Noun

deglutition (countable and uncountable, plural deglutitions)

  1. The act or process of swallowing.
    • [T]he action of the gullet, that is deglutition, is performed and conſummated, the action being animall and partly Naturall.1653, John Bulwer, “Scene XI. Lip Gallantry, or Certaine Labiall Fashions Invented by Divers Nations.”, in Anthropometamorphosis: Man Transform’d; or, The Artificial Changling […], 2nd edition...
    Synonyms:
    glutition

Questions about deglutitions

What is deglutitions the plural of?
Deglutitions is the plural of deglutition.

Words near deglutitions in the dictionary

  1. deglutinations
  2. deglutinisation
  3. deglutinization
  4. deglutinize
  5. deglutition
  6. deglutitions
  7. deglutitious
  8. deglutitive
  9. deglutitory
  10. deglycase
  11. deglycases

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