Odynophagia means:: (A) Pain during swallowing, (B) Difficulty in swallowing, (C) Bad odour from mouth, (D) Psychiatric disease
Answer is A. Ans. a (Pain during swallowing). (Ref. Diseases of ENT by PL Dhingra /3rd 402, 444)TermDefinationOdynophagiapainful deglutition.Dysphagiadifficulty in deglutition.Dysphagia lusoriaesophageal compression due to aberrant vessel, leading to dysphagia.Globus hystericusa psychiatric condition characterized by dysphagia.Halitosisbad odour from mouth.