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Noun: deglutition  `deeg-loo'ti-shun
  1. The act of swallowing
    "one deglutition of the liquid was enough"
    - swallow, drink

Derived forms: deglutitions

Type of: consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake

Encyclopedia: Deglutition

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