fauces
Americannoun
plural
fauces-
Anatomy. the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading into the pharynx.
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a vestibule of an ancient Roman house.
noun
Other Word Forms
- faucial adjective
Etymology
Origin of fauces
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin
Vocabulary lists containing fauces
Example Sentences
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This is followed by inspection, with the aid of a tongue depressor, of the back of the mouth, or the opening of the oral cavity into the pharynx known as the fauces.
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The main open area of the mouth, or oral cavity proper, runs from the gums and teeth to the fauces.
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Further testing of vagus motor function has the patient repeating consonant sounds that require movement of the muscles around the fauces.
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A palatine tonsil is one of a pair of structures located laterally in the oropharynx in the area of the fauces.
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The fauces appear to have been more or less inflamed in some epidemics; swelling of the parotid glands is an occasional occurrence, and sometimes they undergo suppuration.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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