Look up: swallowing

1. swallowing
   the successive reflexes concerned in the mechanism of swallowing Category: Medicine • in engine terminology,refers to the mass of air which can be ingested by the engine intake Category: Mechanical engineering
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2. swallowing
   (swahl´o-ing) the taking in of a substance through the mouth and pharynx into the esophagus, a combination of a voluntary act and a series of reflex actions. Once begun, the process operates automatically. Called also deglutition.
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3. Swallowing
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swallow
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4. swallowing
   the act of passing food from the mouth, by way of the pharynx (or throat) and esophagus, to the stomach. Three stages are involved in swallowing food.[7 related articles]
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5. Swallowing
   Swallowing, known scientifically as deglutition, is the process in the human or animal body that makes something pass from the mouth, to the pharynx, and into the esophagus, while shutting the epiglottis. If this fails and the object goes through the trachea, then choking or pulmonary aspiration ca...
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