adjective
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of, relating to, or situated in or near the pharynx
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phonetics pronounced or supplemented in pronunciation with an articulation in or constriction of the pharynx
noun
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Etymology
Origin of pharyngeal
1820–30; < New Latin pharynge ( us ) pharyngeal ( see pharyng-, -eous) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Pharyngeal slits are openings in the pharynx, the region just posterior to the mouth, that extend to the outside environment.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
Pharyngeal neuralgia must, I think, be considered mainly an affection of the glosso-pharyngeal nerve; the evidence for this is found in the distribution of the pain.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
Pharyngeal tooth replacement in Semotilus atromaculatus and Clinostomus elongatus, two species of cyprinid fishes.
From Five Natural Hybrid Combinations in Minnows (Cyprinidae) by Cross, Frank B.
Pharyngeal Neuralgia.—A rather common and extremely troublesome form of neuralgia is that which attacks the pharynx.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
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