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DEGLUTITION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of swallowing

Example:

he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips

Synonyms:

deglutition; drink; swallow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

consumption; ingestion; intake; uptake (the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deglutition"):

aerophagia (swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence))

draft; draught; gulp; swig (a large and hurried swallow)

sip (a small drink)

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