DEGLUTITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deglutition mean? 

• DEGLUTITION (noun)
  The noun DEGLUTITION has 1 sense:

1. the act of swallowing

  Familiarity information: DEGLUTITION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEGLUTITION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of swallowing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

deglutition; drink; swallow

Context example:

he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips

Hypernyms ("deglutition" is a kind of...):

consumption; ingestion; intake; uptake (the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deglutition"):

aerophagia (swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence))

draft; draught; gulp; swig (a large and hurried swallow)

sip (a small drink)

 Context examples 

The mouth, teeth, jaws, pharynx, and related structures as they relate to mastication, deglutition, and speech.

(Murine Stomatognathic System, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)