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Meaning of "aphagia" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD APHAGIA

From a-1 + Greek aphagein to consume.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF APHAGIA

əˈfeɪdʒɪə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APHAGIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Aphagia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES APHAGIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Aphagia

Aphagia is the inability or refusal to swallow. The word is derived from the Ancient Greek prefix α, meaning "not" or "without," and the suffix φαγία, derived from the verb φαγεῖν, meaning "to eat." It is related to dysphagia which is difficulty swallowing (Greek prefix δυσ, dys, meaning difficult, or defective), and odynophagia, painful swallowing (from ὀδύνη, odyn(o), meaning "pain"). Aphagia may be temporary or long-term, depending on the affected organ. It is an extreme, life-threatening case of dysphagia. Depending on the cause, untreated dysphagia may develop into aphagia.

Definition of aphagia in the English dictionary

The definition of aphagia in the dictionary is refusal or inability to swallow.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APHAGIA

Aegir · aerophagia · apologia · cambogia · Cantabrigia · contagia · dysphagia · fibromyalgia · hyperphagia · menorrhagia · metrorrhagia · myalgia · omophagia · patagia · Phrygia · rhinorrhagia · squidgier · steatopygia · Tangier · vigia

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APHAGIA

aphaeresis · aphaeretic · aphakia · aphanipterous · aphanite · aphanitic · aphasia · aphasiac · aphasic · aphelandra · aphelia · aphelian · aphelion · apheliotropic · apheliotropism · apheresis · apheretic · aphesis · aphetic · aphetically

WORDS THAT END LIKE APHAGIA

aqua regia · Borgia · diplegia · eulogia · Foggia · geophagia · Georgia · gorgia · loggia · logia · neuralgia · New Georgia · nostalgia · otalgia · Perugia · polyphagia · refugia · South Georgia · thunbergia · Thuringia

Synonyms and antonyms of aphagia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «aphagia» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF APHAGIA

Find out the translation of aphagia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of aphagia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aphagia» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

aphagia
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

afagia
570 millions of speakers
en

English

aphagia
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

aphagia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

امتناع الطعام
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

афагия
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

aphagia
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

aphagia
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

aphagie
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Aphagia
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

aphagia
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

aphagia
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

aphagia
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Aphagia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

aphagia
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

உண்ணவியலா நிலை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

ऍफिगिया
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

aphagia
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

aphagia
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

aphagia
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

афагія
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

aphagia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

aphagia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afagie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

aphagia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aphagia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of aphagia

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APHAGIA»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of aphagia
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «aphagia».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aphagia

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APHAGIA»

Discover the use of aphagia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aphagia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Catecholamines and Behavior
Ungerstedt (1971) pointed out the similarities with the classic lateral hypothalamic syndrome (Anand & Brobeck, 1951) of aphagia and adipsia caused by electrolytic lesion to this area and speculate that it may be caused by destruction of the ...
Stephen T. Mason, 1984
2
Neurobiology of Feeding and Nutrition
In the LH, MFB, or nigrostriatum, 6-OH-DOPA produced aphagia. The interest of this finding was not that the involved pathways are dopaminergic but, rather, was the possibility that these pathways could be traced by histofluorescent ...
Jacques Magnen, 1991
3
Preoperative Events: Their Effects on Behavior Following ...
As previously mentioned, Lindholm and colleagues (1975) demonstrated that ulceration of the stomach in rats is a direct consequence of LH damage, and they raised the possibility that gastric pathology contributes to the periods of aphagia ...
Jay Schulkin, 2014
4
The Basal Ganglia V
as a single stage operation, bilateral 6-OHDA lesions produces pronounced adipsia and aphagia. In this study, allowing 8 weeks between each unilateral lesion, no adipsia or aphagia was observed, and the animals showed only minor  ...
Chihiro Ohye, Minoru Kimura, John S. McKenzie, 1996
5
Motivation: A Biobehavioural Approach
Such complications indicate that the explanation of aphagia arising from LH lesions is not solely a matter of neurotransmitter deficiencies. Stricker's current position is that damage to the LH disrupts homeostasis, and striatal DA loss disrupts ...
Roderick Wong, 2000
6
MCQ in Gastroenterology with Expl Answers
The sensation of a lump lodged in the throat is called: A. Dysphagia B. Odynophagia C. Globus pharyngeus D. Aphagia E. None of the above 13. Painful swallowing is called: A. Dysphagia B. Odynophagia C. Globus pharyngeus D. Aphagia E.
Rao, 2005
7
Physiological Psychology
Lesions in the LH which result in aphagia and adipsia interrupt the ascending nigrostriatal fibers (Ungerstedt, 1971). Indeed, many lesions outside of the LH which produced aphagia also disrupted the dopamine pathway, suggesting that the ...
Thomas Brown, 2012
8
Hunger
Lesions of other structures connected to the LH (medial forebrain bundle, zona incerta, amygdala, frontal cortex and midbrain tegmentum) also induce aphagia or hypophagia (Le Magnen, 1983). Some of the effects of these lesions, e.g. of the ...
J. Le Magnen, 1985
9
Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health ...
See aphakia. aphagia /afa'jé-a/ [Gk, a + phagein, not to eat], a condition characterised by the loss of the ability to swallow as a result of organic or psychological causes, as with anorexia nervosa. A kind of aphagia is aphagia algera. See also ...
Peter Harris, Sue Nagy, Nicholas Vardaxis, 2009
10
Behavioural Models in Psychopharmacology: Theoretical, ...
It may be that the motor and sensory deficits caused by LH lesions underlie the aphagia, because recovery is facilitated by repeated TP sessions that elicit eating (Antelman et al., 1976) and amphetamine injections produce feeding in ...
Paul Willner, 1991

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APHAGIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aphagia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Endoscopic treatment for Zenker's diverticulum is safe long-term
... dysphagia to semi-solids; score 3, dysphagia to liquids; score 4, aphagia). Regurgitations and chronic cough dropped from 73 percent and ... «EurekAlert, Apr 13»
2
When Frogs Attack - Illogistical Resource Dept. - Catharsis
Buy the Album on Bandcamp: http://aphagia.bandcamp.com/album/cat... Buy the Album on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cat. «YouTube, Jan 13»
3
Firefighter's new life easy to swallow
The procedure, called endoscopic lumen restoration, is used to treat a rare condition called aphagia, which occurs when radiation treatment ... «Tampabay.com, Dec 11»
4
ASCO GI: Biologic Helps in Esophageal Cancer
... no dysphagia, 28 patients limited dysphagia, 20 could consume only semisolid food, five were on a liquid diet, and two patients had aphagia. «MedPage Today, Jan 11»
REFERENCE
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