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Definition of Odynophagia
1. Noun. Severe pain on swallowing due to a disorder of the esophagus.
Definition of Odynophagia
1. Noun. severe pain in mouth or esophagus when attempting to swallow. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Odynophagia
1. Pain on swallowing Origin: Gr. Phagein = to eat (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Odynophagia
Literary usage of Odynophagia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Physiologic Therapeutics: A Practical Exposition of the Methods by Solomon Solis-Cohen (1902)
"DYSPHAGIA AND odynophagia Difficulty (dysphagia) or pain (odynophagia) in ...
Dysphagia or odynophagia or both may be due to inflammations of the mouth, ..."
2. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1920)
"Lukens urges the blocking of the internal branch of the superior laryngeal as
the best method of relieving the odynophagia and uses a solution of novocain, ..."
3. Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear, Medical and Surgical: Medical and Surgical by William Lincoln Ballenger (1911)
"There is odynophagia and dyspnea. In one case the suffocative symptoms became so
alarming that tracheotomy ..."
4. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1885)
"The remedy has proved of service in my hands in those cases of" laryngeal phthisis
in which there is great odynophagia, owing to tlie swelling of the ..."
5. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1911)
"Odorant, cf-dor-ant. Odorous. Odoriferous, o-dor-if'-er-us. Yielding an odor.
O'Dwyer's Tubes. Tubes of various sizes for laryngeal intubation. odynophagia ..."
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