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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--dysphagia This week's theme: Yours to discover. dysphagia (dis-FAYJ-uh, -jee-uh) noun Difficulty in swallowing. [From Greek dys- (bad, difficult) + phagein (to eat).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "So Boswell and Achilles collaborated on creating The Dysphagia Cookbook: Great Tasting and Nutritious Recipes for People with Swallowing Difficulties." Mary Beth Faller; Book Aids Those With Eating Ills; The Arizona Republic; Mar 14, 2006. X-Bonus A speech belongs half to the speaker and half to the listener. -Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592)

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