de|glu|ti|tion

de|glu|ti|tion
de|glu|ti|tion «DEE gloo TIHSH uhn, DEHG loo-», noun.
the act or power of swallowing: »

Judgment untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition (Charlotte Brontë).

[< French déglutition < Latin dēglūtīre swallow down < dē- down + glūtīrī to swallow. Compare etym. under glut (Cf.glut), glutton. (Cf.glutton)]

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  • glu — ag·glu·ti·na·bil·i·ty; ag·glu·ti·na·tion; ag·glu·ti·na·tive; ag·glu·ti·nin; ag·glu·tin·o·gen; ag·glu·ti·noid; con·glu·ti·nant; de·glu·ti·tion; de·glu·ti·to·ry; glu·ca·gon; glu·ca·mine; glu·car·ic; glu·cide; glu·cin·i·um; glu·ci·tol; glu·ci·tyl;… …   English syllables

  • tion — ab·bre·vi·a·tion; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·duc·tion; ab·er·ra·tion; ab·er·ra·tion·al; ab·jec·tion; ab·junc·tion; ab·ju·ra·tion; ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·la·tion; ab·lu·tion; ab·mi·gra·tion; ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom;… …   English syllables

  • con|glu´ti|na´tion — con|glu|ti|nate «kuhn GLOO tuh nayt», verb, nat|ed, nat|ing, adjective. –v.t., v.i. to join or become joined as with glue. –adj. conglutinated; cohering. ╂[< Latin conglūtināre (with English ate1) glue together, ultimately < …   Useful english dictionary

  • ag|glu|ti|na|tion — «uh gloo tuh NAY shuhn», noun. 1. the process of agglutinating, especially the clumping together of bacteria or red blood cells, caused usually by the introduction of antibodies to such cells. 2. an agglutinated condition. 3. a mass or group… …   Useful english dictionary

  • de|glu|ti|na|tion — «dih GLOO tuh NAY shuhn», noun. the act or process of removing gluten from; deglutinating …   Useful english dictionary

  • he|mag|glu|ti|na|tion — «HEE muh GLOO tuh NAY shuhn, HEHM uh », noun. the clumping of red blood cells by hemgglutinin, used to determine the presence of various diseases such as arthritis …   Useful english dictionary

  • i|so|ag|glu|ti|na|tion — «Y soh uh GLOO tuh NAY shuhn», noun. the agglutination of the red blood corpuscles of an animal by antibodies normally present in the serum of another animal of the same species …   Useful english dictionary

  • con|glu|ti|nate — «kuhn GLOO tuh nayt», verb, nat|ed, nat|ing, adjective. –v.t., v.i. to join or become joined as with glue. –adj. conglutinated; cohering. ╂[< Latin conglūtināre (with English ate1) glue together, ultimately < …   Useful english dictionary

  • glutition — glu·ti·tion …   English syllables

  • deglutition — de·glu·ti·tion …   English syllables

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