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dysphagia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /dɪsˈfeɪ̯d͡ʒ(i)ə/
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  • rhymes with -eɪdʒiə

1

noun

Meaning 1

Difficulty in swallowing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disorder, upset

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- English -phagia English dysphagia From dys- + -phagia.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: разстройство в дъвченето (razstrojstvo v dǎvčeneto) — difficulty in swallowing
  • Catalan: disfàgia — difficulty in swallowing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吞嚥障礙 /吞咽障碍 (tūnyàn zhàng'ài) — difficulty in swallowing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吞嚥困難 /吞咽困难 (tūnyàn kùnnan) — difficulty in swallowing
  • Czech: dysfagie — difficulty in swallowing
  • Dutch: dysfagie — difficulty in swallowing
  • Esperanto: disfagio — difficulty in swallowing
  • Finnish: nielemisvaikeus — difficulty in swallowing
  • Finnish: dysfagia — difficulty in swallowing
  • French: dysphagie — difficulty in swallowing
  • German: Schluckstörung — difficulty in swallowing
  • German: Dysphagie — difficulty in swallowing
  • Greek: δυσφαγία (dysfagía) — difficulty in swallowing
  • Greek: δυσκαταποσία (dyskataposía) — difficulty in swallowing
  • Hungarian: dysphagia — difficulty in swallowing
  • Hungarian: nyelési zavar — difficulty in swallowing
  • Indonesian: disfagia — difficulty in swallowing
  • Irish: diosfaige — difficulty in swallowing
  • Italian: disfagia — difficulty in swallowing
  • Japanese: 嚥下障害 (engeshōgai) — difficulty in swallowing
  • Korean: 연하곤란 (yeonhagollan) — difficulty in swallowing
  • Polish: dysfagia — difficulty in swallowing
  • Portuguese: disfagia — difficulty in swallowing
  • Spanish: disfagia — difficulty in swallowing
  • Turkish: Yutkunma zorluğu — difficulty in swallowing