Definition for Deglutition:

• Deglutitio, Cataposis, from de, and glutire, glutitum, 'to swallow.' The act by which substances are passed from the mouth into the stomach, through the pharynx and oesophagus. It is one of a complicated character, and requires the aid of a considerable lumber of muscles; the first step being voluntary, the remainder executed under spinal and involuntary nervous influence.

Synonyms for Deglutition:

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • drink,
  • deglutition,
  • swallow.
  •swallowing (noun)
  • absorption.

• Other synonyms:

  •rumination
  • mastication.

Antonyms for Deglutition:

• n.

  • swallowing
    Aglutition.

Deglutition Sentence Examples:

• George was confused by the multiplicity of metal tools and crystal receptacles - he alone had four wine - glasses - but in the handling of the tools he was saved from shame by remembering the maxim - a masterpiece of terse clarity worthy of a class which has given its best brains to the perfecting of the formalities preliminary to deglutition: " Take always from the outside."

• Nearly all of them when carefully questioned prove to have special foods that are more difficult of deglutition than others.

Homophones for Deglutition:

• desolation, de-escalation, dissolution, diocletian.

Hypernym for Deglutition:

• n.

  • act
    draught, draft, gulp, sip, aerophagia, swig.

Hyponym for Deglutition:

• n.

  • act
    ingestion, consumption, intake, uptake.