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gagging Audio
gag·ging
Subclass of:
Digestive System Physiological Phenomena; Signs and Symptoms, Digestive; Reflex action
Definitions related to gagging:
  • Contraction of the muscle of the PHARYNX caused by stimulation of sensory receptors on the SOFT PALATE, by psychic stimuli, or systemically by drugs.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The sudden, coordinated, involuntary contraction of pharyngeal muscles in an attempt to prevent any matter from passing into the posterior pharynx; it is stimulated by touching the posterior palate, tongue, or pharynx, or by psychic stimuli.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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