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nasopharynx

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Nasopharynx

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From naso- +‎ pharynx.

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nasopharynx (plural nasopharynxes or nasopharynges)

  1. (anatomy) The nasal part of the pharynx, lying behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 506:
      Occasionally she gasped out "Joe!" — a flat animal cry that her slack vocal cords made unfemininely deep, that her nasopharynx, choked with mucus, robbed of all resonance.

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Noun

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nasopharynx m (plural nasopharynx)

  1. (anatomy) nasopharynx