Biology

dysphagia

Term: dysphagia
Literally meaning: "difficulty in eating"
Origin: Anc Greek

???-/dys-(=with a negative sense meaning difficult, bad, abnormal, misfortune) > ???/dyo(=decline) ????/dysi(=sundown)

+??????/ephagon(=indefinite tense of verb "?????"/esthio(eat, devour)
+??/ia(=suffix denoting a feminine noun)

Definition:

Difficulty in swallowing, dysphagia is due to problems in nerve or muscle control

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