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ENT Oral cavity & Oesophagus 22079cef

Odynophagia is

A
Pain during swallowing
B
Difficulty in swallowing
C
Bad odour from mouth
D
Psychiatric disease
High-Yield Explanation
Dysphagia is difficulty in swallowing. The term odynophagia is used when swallowing causes pain. The latter is more marked in ulcerative and inflammatory lesions of food passages - oral cavity, oropharynx and oesophagus. (Ref: Textbook of diseases of ENT, PL Dhingra, 7th edition, pg no. 393)

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