stylopharyngeus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin stylopharyngeus, clipping of mūsculus stylopharyngeus (“stylopharyngeal muscle”). Doublet of stylopharyngeal.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌstaɪ.loʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/, /ˌstaɪ.loʊˌfæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əs/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒiəs, -iːəs

Noun

stylopharyngeus (plural stylopharyngei)

1. (anatomy) A slender muscle in the head that arises from the base of the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts into the side of the pharynx, and acts with the contralateral muscle in swallowing to increase the transverse diameter of the pharynx by drawing its sides upward and laterally.

Translations

muscle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 莖突咽肌／茎突咽肌 (jīngtúyānjī)

References

• “stylopharyngeus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Etymology

From stylus (“a stake, pale”) +‎ -o- +‎ pharyngeus (“pharyngeal”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sty.lo.pʰaˈryn.ɡe.us/, [s̠t̪ʏɫ̪ɔpʰäˈrʏŋɡeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sti.lo.faˈrin.d͡ʒe.us/, [st̪ilofäˈrin̠ʲd͡ʒeus]

Adjective

stylopharyngeus (feminine stylopharyngea, neuter stylopharyngeum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)

1. (anatomy, relational) stylopharyngeal

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	stylopharyngeus	stylopharyngea	stylopharyngeum		stylopharyngeī	stylopharyngeae	stylopharyngea
genitive	stylopharyngeī	stylopharyngeae	stylopharyngeī		stylopharyngeōrum	stylopharyngeārum	stylopharyngeōrum
dative	stylopharyngeō	stylopharyngeae	stylopharyngeō		stylopharyngeīs
accusative	stylopharyngeum	stylopharyngeam	stylopharyngeum		stylopharyngeōs	stylopharyngeās	stylopharyngea
ablative	stylopharyngeō	stylopharyngeā	stylopharyngeō		stylopharyngeīs
vocative	stylopharyngee	stylopharyngea	stylopharyngeum		stylopharyngeī	stylopharyngeae	stylopharyngea

Descendants

• ⇒ English: stylopharyngeal
• → English: stylopharyngeus