Aphagia: The Inability to Swallow
What is Aphagia? The incapacity or refusal to swallow is known as aphagia. The word comes from the prefix α in Ancient Greek, which means “not” or “without,” and the suffix φαγία, which comes from the verb which means “to eat. It is connected to two conditions: odynophagia, or painful swallowing (from ὀδύνη, odyn(o), meaning…