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aerophagia
aerophagia n. 
/ˌɛroʊˈfeɪdʒ(i)ə/ Medicine the swallowing of air; cf. aerophagy n.
Brit. /ˌɛːrə(ʊ)ˈfeɪdʒ(ɪ)ə/
, /ˌɛːrə(ʊ)ˈfeɪdʒ(ɪ)ə/U.S. /ˌɛrəˈfeɪdʒ(i)ə/
, /ˌɛrəˈfeɪdʒ(i)ə//ˌɛroʊˈfeɪdʒ(i)ə/ΘΚΠ
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aerophagia1896
aerophagy1897
1896 M. Einhorn Dis. Stomach xiii. 417 In view of the importance of swallowing air in the production of belching, Bouveret proposed to designate this condition as aerophagia (eating of air).
1901 Lancet 30 Mar. 953/2 In horses aerophagia is a recognized disorder and is known to horse-dealers in France as ‘tic à l'air’.
1961 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 102 604/1 Some patients are able to swallow or gulp air without food (aerophagia), usually as an involuntary neurotic habit.
2000 Canad. Jrnl. Gastroenterol. 16 327 In early reflux disease, overeating, gastric distention, delayed emptying and aerophagia lead to transient losses of the barrier [that confines the gastric environment to the stomach].
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