What is Dysphagia?

Illustration showing difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) with food getting stuck in the throat

What is Dysphagia? Dysphagia is a word derived from Greek. ‘Dys’ in greek means bad or disordered and ‘phag’ means eat. Thus literally, dysphagia means disorder in eating. In medical language ‘Dysphagia’ is a term used to refer to ‘difficulty in swallowing’.  In the medical field, in a broader sense, dysphagia may refer to the … Read more