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Descriptor English: Deglutition
Descriptor Spanish: Deglución
Descriptor deglución
Scope note: Acto de ingerir sólidos y líquidos en el TRACTO GASTROINTESTINAL a través de la boca y de la faringe.
Descriptor Portuguese: Deglutição
Descriptor French: Déglutition
Entry term(s): Deglutitions
Swallowing
Swallowings
Tree number(s): G10.261.178
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003679
Scope note: The act of taking solids and liquids into the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT through the mouth and throat.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
DeCS ID: 3692
Unique ID: D003679
NLM Classification: WI 102
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/23
Deglutition - Preferred
Concept UI M0005755
Scope note The act of taking solids and liquids into the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT through the mouth and throat.
Preferred term Deglutition
Entry term(s) Deglutitions
Swallowing
Swallowings



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