嚥えん下げ障しょう害がい

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Meanings

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noun

dysphagia; difficulty swallowing

medicine

Medical term for the symptom of impaired swallowing. Used in clinical contexts; in everyday conversation, people may say 飲み込みにくい or 飲み込みづらい.

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語ご

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Speech-language-hearing therapists are involved in the rehabilitation of dysphagia.

嚥えん下げ障しょう害がい
Standard medical term; the kanji 嚥 is not a jōyō kanji, so kana may be used in general contexts.
えんげ障しょう害がい
Mixed kana-kanji spelling sometimes used when 嚥 is difficult to read or write.
嚥えん下げしょうがい
Partial kana spelling; less common but seen in patient-facing materials.

嚥えん下げ
嚥下 means 'swallowing' (the act), while 嚥下障害 specifically refers to the disorder or difficulty in swallowing.
誤ご嚥えん
誤嚥 is 'aspiration' (food or liquid entering the airway), a possible complication of dysphagia.

Compound of 嚥下 (swallowing) and 障害 (disorder). 嚥下 is from Chinese 嚥下 (yànxià), using the character 嚥 (swallow) and 下 (down).