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pseudodysphagia

pseudodysphagia noun: the fear of swallowing or choking.

Noun

pseudodysphagia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of swallowing or choking.
    • Patients with pseudodysphagia are usually anxious and concerned about not being able to eat.1991, Robert Kellner, Psychosomatic Syndromes and Somatic Symptoms, American Psychiatric Pub, →ISBN, page 64

Origin of pseudodysphagia

From pseudo- + dys- + -phagia.

Questions about pseudodysphagia

What does pseudodysphagia mean?
Pseudodysphagia means the fear of swallowing or choking.
What part of speech is pseudodysphagia?
Pseudodysphagia is a noun.

Words near pseudodysphagia in the dictionary

  1. pseudoduality
  2. pseudodynamic
  3. pseudodynamics
  4. pseudodysenteries
  5. pseudodysentery
  6. pseudodysphagia
  7. pseudoearly
  8. pseudoeconomic
  9. pseudoeducational
  10. pseudoeffective
  11. pseudoelastic

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