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嚥下

咽下
えんげ、えんか
(act of) swallowing; deglutition
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息を呑む

息を飲む、息をのむ、息を嚥む
いきをのむ
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
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誤嚥

ごえん
breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.); pulmonary aspiration; mis-swallowing; swallowing down the wrong pipe
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嚥下障害

えんげしょうがい
dysphagia; dysphagy