(n.) The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.
Example Sentences:
(1) Six patients had miniplates used to repair the thyroid cartilage defect after type I thyroplasty to prevent lateralization of the Silastic implant; three patients had miniplates used after hemilaryngectomy to bridge the thyroid cartilage remnants, resulting in better deglutition after hemilaryngectomy; and three patients had miniplates used to repair laryngeal fractures.
(2) Parapharyngeal space can be defined as a potential space surrounded by deglutitional and masticator muscles and their covering, superficial and middle layer of deep cervical fascia.
(3) Any method employed for the control of drooling must still allow a sufficient volume of flow for mastication, deglutition and oral hygiene.
(4) In addition, we performed cricopharyngeal myotomy to prevent postoperative deglutition disorders.
(5) Fifty-one patients with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) underwent videofluoroscopy during barium swallow to evaluate the incidence of oropharyngeal deglutition abnormalities and to correlate the radiologic patterns of esophageal motility abnormalities with patients' clinical features.
(6) A variety of unsuspected deglutition abnormalities were documented, indicating the usefulness of radiographic evaluation after NFCE.
(7) In 1761, while still an apprentice surgeon, he made his discovery of the unique and bizarre cause--compression of the oesophagus by an aberrant right subclavian artery--of a fatal case of 'obstructed deglutition' for which he coined the term 'dysphagia lusoria' and for which he is eponymously remembered.
(8) The movement of barium bolus in one deglutition will be demonstrated exactly and except any failure.
(9) However, central ET-1 was ineffective in evoking swallowing responses when microinjected into glutamate-responsive deglutitive sites in the NTS.
(10) Depending on the degree of patency, the patulous tube showed either a synchronous change of the tympanal pressure with that of the pharyngeal cavity or an early and sudden drop of the tympanal pressure without deglutition.
(11) We studied the genesis of isolated LES relaxation in anesthetized opossums by observing the response of four components of the deglutition reflex (mylohyoid electrical activity, pharyngeal contraction, esophageal peristalsis, and LES relaxation) to pharyngeal tactile stimulation, electrical stimulation of superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) afferents or cervical vagal efferents, and to balloon distention of the esophageal body.
(12) We have found this simple procedure to yield adequate tongue bulk for normal speech and deglutition.
(13) The analysis compared videofluoroscopy with CT and endoscopic assessment, since videofluoroscopy is the only imaging method that can record dynamic motility changes during deglutition.
(14) Study parameters included posttreatment respiration, deglutition, taste, smell, and hearing function; articulation and voice analysis; and social, communicative, and vocational adjustment.
(15) To clarify this issue further, esophageal ligations were performed to prevent deglutition in utero in 63 fetal rabbits during the final trimester of pregnancy.
(16) The aim is to reduce the free space between the roof and floor of the oral cavity to permit stronger lingual propulsion during oral deglutition and better linguopalatal contact during articulation.
(17) These anatomic connections include the intimate relationship between the eustachian tube and the pharyngobasilar fascia, the attachment of the muscles of mastication and deglutition to the skull base, and vascular and nervous structures in the foramina.
(18) The mammalian upper respiratory tract is a functionally dynamic region involved in respiration, deglutition, and phonation.
(19) The patient is left after surgical management with a defect that often prevents effective speech, deglutition, and mastication.
(20) The main components in normal situation of deglutition of saliva, water or yogurt show a frequent variability.
Swallowing
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swallow
Example Sentences:
(1) Mild swallowing difficulties occurred in 18 patients (39%), moderate dysfunction in 23 (50%), and severe dysfunction in five (11%).
(2) The mother in Arthur Ransome's children's classic, Swallows and Amazons, is something of a cipher, but her inability to make basic decisions does mean she receives one of the finest telegrams in all literature.
(3) It was shown that gradual recovery of spike wave patterns occurred from initial water swallowing to successive dry swalllowing.
(4) All patients received an X-ray study of swallow at 3 months after the operation.
(5) A 27-year-old lady presented with history of discomfort in the throat and difficulty in swallowing for two weeks.
(6) The patients with SS produced swallowing durations significantly longer (p less than 0.05) than those of the controls for each of the two conditions.
(7) The anesthesiologist assessed the degree of neuromuscular blockade intraoperatively prior to pharmacologic reversal either by the standard method of visually counting the number of evoked thumb twitches elicited by supramaximal train-of-four stimulation of the ulnar nerve (i.e., thumb train-of-four count), or by an alternative method such as 1) visually counting the number of evoked orbicularis oculi muscle twitches elicited by supramaximal train-of-four stimulation of the facial nerve, or 2) observing the patient for clinical evidence of partial recovery (e.g., swallowing or attempts to breathe).
(8) The parameters of LES relaxation for both wet and dry swallows were similar using either a carefully placed single recording orifice or a Dent sleeve.
(9) Advisable in a first time for the feeding of patients with palliative treatment, we propose PEG for patients in position to have a long and difficult rehabilitation of swallowing.
(10) Do get yourself elected as a governor If you’re lucky, your school hasn’t yet been swallowed up by a private academy chain, and so its governing body still has ultimate power, and the headteacher is accountable to it.
(11) Contrast esophagography and swallow in the lateral projection will confirm the diagnosis.
(12) We therefore surveyed patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) regarding early adult consumption of fruits and vegetables usually eaten raw, with seeds that are swallowed or scraped with the teeth.
(13) We conclude that retained gastric peristaltic function is not a prerequisite for a good clinical outcome for swallowing and that despite vagotomy, the stomach continues to produce enough acid to maintain an acidic pH.
(14) When Hayley Cropper swallows poison on Coronation Street on Monday night, taking her own life to escape inoperable pancreatic cancer, with her beloved husband, Roy, in pieces at her bedside, it will be the end of a character who, thanks to Hesmondhalgh's performance, has captivated and challenged British TV viewers for 16 years.
(15) An example is given illustrating 10D movements due to swallowing, speech and respiration.
(16) Swallowing of foreign bodies in elder patients is often explained by a decrease in psychological or neurological function, which undoubtedly may occur.
(17) A chronological subdivision of the swallowing act is needed for a step-by-step analysis.
(18) Information provided by postlaryngectomy barium swallow appeared to predict, but not prevent salivary fistula formation.
(19) It is especially suitable for patients having compliance problems or difficulty in swallowing tablets.
(20) Stockman said much of the $1.6tn spent by the Federal Reserve as part of its QE policy was swallowed by Wall Street and simply made bankers richer.