Kanji details for 嚥
嚥
swallow
KUN:
- の.むno.mu
ON:
- エンen
Example words(showing 6 results)
expression, Godan-mu verb
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to catch one's breath, to gulp, to have one's breath taken away, to gasp
All readings:
息を呑む【いきをのむ】
、息を飲む【いきをのむ】
、息をのむ【いきをのむ】
、息を嚥む【いきをのむ】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
swallowing, deglutition
Other readings:
嚥下【えんか】
、咽下【えんげ】
、咽下【えんか】
noun
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dysphagia (symptom of difficulty in swallowing), dysphagy(medical term)
noun, auxillary suru verb
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breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.), pulmonary aspiration, mis-swallowing, swallowing down the wrong pipe(medical term)
Other readings:
誤えん【ごえん】