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嚥下障害 (えんげしょうがい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

嚥えん下げ障しょう害がい

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Meanings

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dysphagia; difficulty swallowing

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.

高こう齢れい者しゃでは嚥えん下げ障しょう害

がい

が

よく

見み

られる

。

Dysphagia is common in the elderly.

嚥えん下げ障しょう害がいのリハビリテーションには言げん語ご聴ちょう覚かく士しが関かかわる。

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

Kanji

嚥swallow
下below, down, descend
障hinder, hurt, harm
害harm, injury

Related words

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.

Built from

嚥えん下げ+障しょう害がい

Written forms

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.

Etymology

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).