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dysphagy

dysphagy noun: difficulty in swallowing.

Noun

dysphagy (uncountable)

  1. Difficulty in swallowing.
    Synonyms:
    dysphagia

Synonyms of dysphagy

Origin of dysphagy

From dys- (“difficulty”) + -phagy (“to feed”).

Questions about dysphagy

What does dysphagy mean?
Dysphagy means difficulty in swallowing.
What part of speech is dysphagy?
Dysphagy is a noun.

Words near dysphagy in the dictionary

  1. dysphagia
  2. dysphagias
  3. dysphagic
  4. dysphagics
  5. dysphagocytosis
  6. dysphagy
  7. dysphania
  8. dysphasia
  9. dysphasias
  10. dysphasic
  11. dysphasics

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