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Pharyngeal  adj.  (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pharynx; in the region of the pharynx.





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... it may lodge in the upper part of the esophagus, at its middle portion, or close to the stomach, giving rise to the designations of pharyngeal, cervical, and thoracic choke. In some cases where the original obstruction is low we find all that part of the gullet above it to ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture
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... throat and are all covered with a mucous membrane. This portion of the resonator passage can be enlarged to a slight degree by traction upon the larynx below (sterno-thyroid muscle), by looseness of the pharyngeal muscles, and still more by the forward placement of the tongue; the converse is true as regards diminution in size. The horizontal portion of the resonator tube (the mouth) has for its roof the soft palate and the hard ...
— The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song • F. W. Mott
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Words linked to "Pharyngeal" :   pharyngeal recess, pharyngeal tonsil, pharyngeal consonant, guttural consonant


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