deglutition

1. (physiology) The act or process of swallowing.Examples: "[T]he action of the gullet, that is deglutition, is performed and conſummated, the action being animall and partly Naturall."; "The Uvula […] ſerves as an arched and ſlippery Bridge, exactly fitted every way to cover the convex Sides and Rima of the Glottis, for the Aliment to ſlide eaſily along in Deglutition; it prevents the Aliment from falling out of the Fauces into the Larynx in Deglutition; and being moved by its Muſcles, protruds the Aliment backward into the upper Part of the Fauces."; "A man of the age of twenty-ſeven had a tubercle at the root of his tongue, for about ſix years; […] Deglutitions were rendered extremely difficult."Synonyms: glutitioncountableuncountable