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Pharynx   /fˈɛrɪŋks/   Listen
Pharynx

noun
(pl. pharynges)
1.
The passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone.  Synonym: throat.



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"Pharynx" Quotes from Famous Books



... done eating, and he made a heavy meal, the Invisible Man demanded a cigar. He bit the end savagely before Kemp could find a knife, and cursed when the outer leaf loosened. It was strange to see him smoking; his mouth, and throat, pharynx and nares, became visible as a sort of whirling ...
— The Invisible Man • H. G. Wells

... throat, n. pharynx, fauces; gullet, esophagus. Associated Words: guttural, gutturalize, gargle, faucal, ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming



Words linked to "Pharynx" :   adenoid, tastebud, laryngopharynx, tubular cavity, tongue, Luschka's tonsil, digestive tube, lingua, alimentary canal, tonsilla adenoidea, third tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, oropharynx, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, pharyngeal, GI tract, nasopharynx, upper respiratory tract, clapper, cervix, glossa, neck, gustatory organ, taste bud, throat, tonsilla pharyngealis, alimentary tract, pharyngeal recess



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