deglutition

[ dee-gloo-tish-uhn ]

noun

, Physiology.

1. the act or process of swallowing. swallow.

deglutition

/ ˌdiːɡlʊˈtɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of swallowing

Other Words From

• deglu·titious adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of deglutition¹

1640–50; < French déglutition < Latin dēglūtīt ( us ) (past participle of dēglūtīre to swallow down, equivalent to dē- de- + glūtī ( re ) to swallow ( glutton ¹ ) + -tus past participle suffix) + French -ion -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of deglutition¹

C17: from French déglutition, from Late Latin dēglūtīre to swallow down, from de- + glutīre to swallow

Example Sentences

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

From Literature

Van Someren gussied up Fletcher’s theories with invented medical jargon like the “secondary reflex of deglutition.”

From Slate

During rest the tube is open, but it is closed during the act of deglutition.

From Project Gutenberg

In fact, deglutition is already pretty well advanced—as far, at least, as with the rabbit; but with this difference, that our victims will be made to grease themselves.

From Project Gutenberg

They had, from cold, exposure, and exhaustion, almost lost the power of mastication and deglutition.

From Project Gutenberg