Pharyngeal Definition

fə-rĭnjē-əl, -jəl, fărĭn-jēəl
adjective
Of, or in the region of, the pharynx.
Webster's New World

(phonetics) Articulated with the pharynx, a term usually describing a consonant which is articulated by the rear area of the tongue being raised to below the region between the uvula and the pharyngeal wall. The term cannot apply to a plosive or stop consonant.

Wiktionary
noun
A speech sound produced in the pharynx.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
  • pharyngeal consonant
  • guttural consonant
  • guttural

Other Word Forms of Pharyngeal

Noun

Singular:
pharyngeal
Plural:
pharyngeals

Origin of Pharyngeal

  • From New Latin pharyngeus from pharynx pharyng- pharynx pharynx

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pharyngeal Sentence Examples

  • Vacuolated tissue of pharyngeal wall, the so-called " pleurochords " of Masterman.

  • Correlated with the presence of the genital pleurae there is a pair of vascular folds of the basement membrane proceeding from the dorsal wall of the gut in the postbranchial portion of the branchio-genital region, and from the dorsal angles made by the pleural folds with the body-wall in the pharyngeal region; they pass, in their most fully developed condition, to the free border of the genital pleurae.

  • Ph.N.,as itself, which communicates with the pharyngeal notch.

  • Oral funnel produced into a fine tube hanging freely into a pharyngeal cup, containing the uncinate trophi.

  • In them the foot has a flat ventral surface used for creeping, as in Gastropods, the byssus gland is but slightly developed, the pleural ganglia are distinct, there is a relic of the pharyngeal cavity, in some forms with a pair of glandular sacs, the gonads retain their primitive connexion with the renal cavities, and the otocysts are open.

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Words Starting With

PPHPHA

Words Ending With

LALEAL

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