faucalize
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Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]faucalize (third-person singular simple present faucalizes, present participle faucalizing, simple past and past participle faucalized)
- (phonetics) To simultaneously contract the palatoglossus and palatopharyngeus muscles, which have the effects of: vertically expanding and laterally constricting the pharyngeal cavity, of constricting the oropharyngeal isthmus, and of raising the pharynx relative to the larynx.