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DYSPHAGIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (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)

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 Context examples: 

Clinical signs and symptoms include chest pain, cough, hoarseness, and dysphagia.

(Mediastinal Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A self-administered questionnaire designed specifically for evaluating the impact of dysphagia on the quality of life of patients with head and neck cancer.

(MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms include hoarseness, airway obstruction, weight loss, dysphagia, and throat pain.

(Laryngeal Verrucous Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Dysphagia may be the presenting symptom.

(Esophageal Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical presentation includes progressive dysphagia, nausea, throat discomfort, and foreign body sensation.

(Esophageal Liposarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Yet dysphagia remains underdiagnosed, because many of these patients suffer from cognitive disorders and cannot respond to functional evaluation processes.

(Scientists designed the first test to detect dysphagia, University of Granada)

Clinical presentation includes obstruction, dysphagia, regurgitation, vomiting and reflux.

(Esophageal Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Dysphagia is a frequent clinical symptom.

(Esophageal Leiomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical signs include dysphagia with retrosternal pain, dyspnea and genital hypertrophy.

(Diffuse Leiomyomatosis Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical signs and symptoms include dysphagia, abdominal pain, and weight loss.

(Adenocarcinoma of the Gastroesophageal Junction, NCI Thesaurus)