Soviet Medical Encyclopedia

Aphagia

Neurology, Pathology

Also known as: Inability to swallow

Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.

Summary

Aphagia is defined as the inability to ingest food due to pain caused by the act of swallowing. This 1930s encyclopedia entry classifies it as a form of painful akinesia.

Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)

APHAGIA (from the Greek a-, a negative particle, and phagein, to eat), one of the forms of akinesia algera, the inability to ingest food due to the pain caused by doing so.

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“Aphagia.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/aphagia/