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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Deglutition \Deg`lu*ti"tion\, n. [L. deglutire to swallow down;
     de- + glutire to swallow: cf. F. d['e]glutition. See Glut.]
     The act or process of swallowing food; the power of
     swallowing.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The muscles employed in the act of deglutition.
                                                    --Paley.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Deglutition \Deg`lu*ti"tion\, n. [L. deglutire to swallow down;
     de- + glutire to swallow: cf. F. d['e]glutition. See Glut.]
     The act or process of swallowing food; the power of
     swallowing.
  
           The muscles employed in the act of deglutition.
                                                    --Paley.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  deglutition
       n : the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was
           enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his
           lips" [syn: swallow, drink]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  deglutition
     n.
     (lb en physiology) The act or process of swallowing#Noun. (from mid
  17th c.)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  deglutition
     n.
     (lb en physiology) The act or process of swallowing#Noun. (from mid
  17th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  deglutition
     n.
     (lb en physiology) The act or process of swallowing#Noun. (from mid
  17th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  deglutition
     n.
     (lb en physiology) The act or process of swallowing#Noun. (from mid
  17th c.)

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  deglutition /dɪɡluːtˈɪʃən/
  polykání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  deglutition /dɪɡluːtˈɪʃən/
  deglutinace

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  deglutition /dɪɡluːtˈɪʃən/
  deglutição

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  deglutition /dɪɡluːtˈɪʃən/
  1. (biyol.) yutma.

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 吞咽

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