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Assistant Coroner Sean Cummings recorded Cassin's medical cause of death as aspiration pneumonia, chronic dysphagia and type 2 diabetes, according to the Record of Inquest obtained by PEOPLE.—Becca Longmire, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025 What's the difference between pill esophagitis and pill dysphagia?—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 6 Feb. 2025 The combination of Richard’s dysphagia and dilated esophagus suggested a rare diagnosis: achalasia.—Douglas G. Adler, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2018 Electrocardiographic abnormalities, myocardial lesions, constipation and dysphagia (difficult or painful swallowing) are just a few of the symptoms resulting from infection (c)(d).—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2011 Clinical symptoms of foodborne botulism include gastrointestinal, neurological and muscular signs such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dry mouth, blurry vision, dysphagia and symmetrical weakness and paralysis (1).—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2011 The cause was esophageal dysphagia, his wife, Joanne Presten, said.—Alex Traub, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2022 Another common reason for a liquid diet is dysphagia, or trouble swallowing.—Julie Stewart, Men's Health, 2 June 2022 Sometimes dysphagia can be improved with interventions such as speech therapy.—Julie Stewart, Men's Health, 2 June 2022
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, from dys-dys- + -phagia-phagia
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