Crossword-Solution: DEGLUTITION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Deglutition | n. | The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “DEGLUTITION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| swallowing | 1 answer |
| ACT of swallowing | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree;
supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this
application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir
J. Davies.
Hint 2 anagram
VNIEDI
Hint 3 another clue
"Delicious!"
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Sentences with DEGLUTITION (5)
They talked all day, going out to lunch together at the Astor House, and sitting with their knees against the counter on a row of stools before it for fifteen minutes of reflection and deglutition, with their hats on, and then returning to the basement from which they emerged.
The epiglottis, larynx, and pharynx, in fact the surrounding structures were normal, and articulation, which was at first lost, became fairly distinct, and deglutition was never interfered with.
Less than three months afterward the patient died with all the symptoms of marasmus, due to difficult deglutition, and at the autopsy an abscess was seen in the posterior wall of the pharynx, opposite the 3d cervical vertebra; extensive caries was also noticed in the bodies of the 2d, 3d, and 4th cervical vertebrae.
The pain was augmented during deglutition, and almost immediately afterward he commenced to expectorate great quantities of blood.
The act of swallowing did not appear to cause distress, for he could go through the motions of deglutition without any trouble.