deglutitory

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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /diːˌɡluːˈtɪʃəɹi/

Adjective

deglutitory (not comparable)

  1. Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition.
    • 1981, Muscular Dystrophy Abstracts - Volume 25, page 46:
      Thus, hemiplegic patients are hemiplegic in deglutitory movements also and are ready to misswallow.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for deglutitory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)