誤ご嚥えん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

pulmonary aspiration; swallowing down the wrong pipe

Medical term for accidentally inhaling food, liquid, or a foreign object into the airway. Also used in everyday language for choking on food or drink.

• 高こう齢れい者しゃは誤ご嚥えんに注ちゅう意いが必ひつ要ようです。

  Elderly people need to be careful about aspiration.