fauces
[faw-seez]
- Anatomy. the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading into the pharynx.
- a vestibule of an ancient Roman house.
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Origin of fauces
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin
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They are often associated with enlargement of the faucial tonsils.
This state of the buccal and faucial membrane continues throughout the disease.
fauces
- anatomy the area between the cavity of the mouth and the pharynx, including the surrounding tissues
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Word Origin for fauces
C16: from Latin: throat
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faucial
(fô′shəl)- Of or relating to the fauces.
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fauces
(fô′sēz′)- The passage from the back of the mouth to the pharynx, bounded by the soft palate, the base of the tongue, and the palatine arches.
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