DYSPHAGIA

7. placing a person in the care of an institution, especially one providing care for the disabled or mentally ill
8. a small, rounded mass of a substance, especially of chewed food at the moment of swallowing
10. difficuly in swallowing or inability to swallow
11. nourishment given or taken through or by way of mouth
12. the conscious or unconscious process by which a person attempts to make up for real or imagined physical or psychological deficiencies
14. loss of water and salts essential for normal body function
15. food or nourishment required to keep the ody growing, healthy, and viable or process of providing or receiving food or life-supporting substances

1. any condition that renders a particular line of treatment improper or undesirable
2. inflammation of the lungs with exudation and consolidation due to foreign material enterin into the lungs
3. method used to gain nutritional intake when oral is not an option, includes naso-gastric tube, gastrostomy, jejunostomy, or parenteral nutrition
4. not having enough food to develop or function normally
5. deliberative placement of a patient or body part to promote physiologic and/or psychological well-being
6. a membrane or membranous structure, typically covering another structure obscuring an openin, the soft palate
9. condition that develops when the body does not get the right amount of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients it needs to maintain healthy organ function
13. the process of combining with water, usually reversible