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  1. gagging(Noun)

    A gag motion or reflex.

    She was restarted on L-DOPA later, in the middle of July, and this time the tongue-pulsions and gaggings were not evoked at all, but, on the contrary, a striking improvement occurred. uE000344820uE001 Oliver Sacks, Awakenings.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gagging(u)

    of Gag

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Gagging

    Clinical manifestation of the digestive system consisting of contraction of the muscle of the pharynx caused by stimulation of sensory receptors on the soft palate, by psychic stimuli, or systemically by drugs.


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