Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun deglutition
1 sense of deglutition
Sense 1
swallow, drink, deglutition -- (the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips")
=> consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake -- (the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating))