Medical Terminology / Unit 10 MedTerm 0612 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-phagia: Eating or Swallowing
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The idea
The suffix phagia names eating or swallowing.
In practice
Dysphagia is difficulty swallowing.
Where people slip
A suffix differing by one letter names speech, not swallowing.
Your place on the trail
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