oropharyngeal
Americanadjective
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Anatomy. relating to the oropharynx.
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Anatomy. relating to both the mouth and the pharynx.
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Starting in the 1980s, they were shocked to see more of these so-called oropharyngeal cancers in people—often young or middle-aged men—who had little or no history of drinking or smoking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Coley dug through the plane's medical kit but couldn't find an oropharyngeal airway, a tool that was supposed to be there and that he needed to help the woman breathe.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2023
The C.D.C. said there were about 3,500 new cases of HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancers diagnosed in women and 16,200 in men every year in the United States.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
She noted oropharyngeal cancers, some of which can be caused by HPV, affect more men each year in the United States than cervical cancer affects women.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2019
Dysphagia is the medical term for not being able to swallow, and I know that there are two kinds of dysphagia: oropharyngeal and esophageal.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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