nasopharynx
Americannoun
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nasopharynges,
plural
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nasopharynxes
plural
noun
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Bush, the EPA finally deemed formaldehyde a probable human carcinogen and calculated the likelihood of it causing an extremely rare cancer that affects a part of the throat called the nasopharynx.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2024
“I’ve been here like 30 times,” Russell Isabella said after a health technician shoved a swab into his nasopharynx, his boats—the Hear No Evil and the Temptress—bobbing behind him off the edge of the pier.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 8, 2021
Similar to the nasal cavity and nasopharynx, this specialized epithelium produces mucus to trap debris and pathogens as they enter the trachea.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The most superior, the nasopharynx, is involved only in breathing and speech.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Jurist records such abnormal mobility of the tongue that the patient was able to project the tongue into the nasopharynx.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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