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misswallows

misswallows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misswallow.

Meaning of misswallow

Verb

misswallow (third-person singular simple present misswallows, present participle misswallowing, simple past and past participle misswallowed)

  1. To swallow incorrectly.
    • If the sensory branches of the laryngeal nerve (superior laryngeal nerve) are paralysed, the danger is great, for the patients, owing to the abolished reflex action, are prone to misswallow (dysphagia) , and become subject to "foreign body pneumonia."1910, Alfred Bruck, F. W. Forbes Ross, The Diseases of the Nose, Mouth, Pharynx and Larynx, page 305

Questions about misswallows

What is misswallows the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misswallows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misswallow.

Words near misswallows in the dictionary

  1. missutures
  2. missuturing
  3. misswallow
  4. misswallowed
  5. misswallowing
  6. misswallows
  7. missway
  8. misswayed
  9. misswaying
  10. missways
  11. misswear

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