📚 Deglutition, noun. 🔉 /ˌdiːɡluːˈtɪʃ(ə)n/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (technical • mass noun): The action or process of swallowing. ❗️ Examples: 1. The muscles involved in deglutition. 2. Oesophageal pressure peaks induced by a single deglutition. 3. The process of deglutition begins with the bolus formation in the oral cavity. 4. These are inhibitory reflexes, excited by deglutition, by gastric distension, and by intestinal dilatation. 5. Organic abnormalities of deglutition may be related to initiation of the swallowing reflex in the oropharynx or to propulsion of the food bolus through the esophagus. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic