Aphagia vs. Dysphagia

Aphagianoun

(medicine) The condition of difficulty in swallowing.

Aphagianoun

loss of the ability to swallow

Aphagianoun

Medicine. Inability to swallow.

Aphagianoun

Chiefly Physiology. Inability, failure, or refusal to eat; absence or loss of the desire or need to eat; an instance of this.

Dysphagianoun

(pathology) Difficulty in swallowing.

Dysphagianoun

Difficulty in swallowing.

Dysphagianoun

condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful

Dysphagianoun

difficulty or discomfort in swallowing, as a symptom of disease

Dysphagia

Dysphagia is difficulty in swallowing. Although classified under in ICD-10, in some contexts it is classified as a condition in its own right.It may be a sensation that suggests difficulty in the passage of solids or liquids from the mouth to the stomach, a lack of pharyngeal sensation or various other inadequacies of the swallowing mechanism.