noun Physiology.
- the act or process of swallowing.
noun
- the act of swallowing
from French déglutition (16c.), from Latin deglutitionem, noun of action from past participle stem of deglutare, from de- (see de-) + glutire “to swallow,” from PIE *gwele- “to swallow.”
n.
- The act or process of swallowing.