DYSPHAGIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dysphagia mean? 

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

1. condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYSPHAGIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)

 Context examples 

Signs and symptoms include hoarseness, dysphagia, pain, and neck mass.

(Laryngeal Basaloid Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical presentation includes dysphonia, dysphagia and respiratory symptoms.

(Laryngeal Liposarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Hoarseness, sore throat, and dysphagia are the presenting symptoms.

(Laryngeal Adenosquamous Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also being studied in the prevention and treatment of oral mucositis and dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) in other types of cancer.

(Kepivance, NCI Dictionary)

Symptoms include dysphagia and pain on swallowing.

(Fungal Esophagitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include dysphagia, hemoptysis, and the presence of a neck mass.

(Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Hoarseness and dysphagia are the presenting symptoms.

(Laryngeal Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients may present with hoarseness and dysphagia.

(Laryngeal Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by late-onset eyelid ptosis and dysphagia.

(Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called Plummer-Vinson syndrome and sideropenic dysphagia.

(Paterson-Kelly syndrome, NCI Dictionary)