odynophagia
IPA: ˈɑdʌnˈɑfʌgiʌ
noun
- (medicine) Severe pain in the mouth or esophagus when attempting to swallow.
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Examples of "odynophagia" in Sentences
- Children with chronic tonsillitis may have dysphagia or odynophagia that may lead to a reduced calorie intake.
- A 61-year-old Caucasian man was admitted to our endoscopy unit for the investigation of odynophagia and retrosternal pain of new onset.
- "Children with chronic tonsillitis may have dysphagia or odynophagia that may lead to a reduced calorie intake," said study author Dr Anita Jeyakumar, a pediatric otolaryngologist at St. Louis University Medical School.
- We report the case of a 49 year old woman with invasive ductal carcinoma with lobular differentiation who developed submucosal oropharyngeal metastases nearly two years after her original diagnosis after presenting with odynophagia and dysphagia.
- _Amputation of the epiglottis_ for palliation of odynophagia or dysphagia in tuberculous or malignant disease, is of benefit when the ulceration is confined to this region; though as to tuberculosis the author feels rather conservatingly inclined.
- Fevers, chills, sweats while wearing sweats, and then having to get out of my sweats because of the sweat; anorexia (not nervosa) but with plenty of nausea (not vomiting), ageusia (lack of taste (for food not fashion)), odynophagia, dysphonia, insomnia, headaches.
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