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Dysphagia vs Dysphasia - What's the difference?

dysphagia | dysphasia |

As nouns the difference between dysphagia and dysphasia

is that dysphagia is difficulty in swallowing while dysphasia is loss of or deficiency in the power to use or understand language as a result of injury or disease of the brain.

dysphagia

English

(wikipedia dysphagia)

Noun

  • difficulty in swallowing

    • Synonyms

    *dysphagy

    dysphasia

    English

    Noun

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  • (pathology) loss of or deficiency in the power to use or understand language as a result of injury or disease of the brain

    • See also

    * (wikipedia "dysphasia")