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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deglutition \Deg`lu*ti"tion\, n. [L. deglutire to swallow down
de- + glutire to swallow: cf F. d['e]glutition. See {Glut}.]
The act or process of swallowing food; the power of
swallowing.
The muscles employed in the act of deglutition.
--Paley.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
deglutition
n : the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was
enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his
lips" [syn: {swallow}, {drink}]
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