pharyngeal

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, located in, or coming from the pharynx.
  2. noun A speech sound produced in the pharynx.

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  • Mick had pharyngeal (head and neck) cancer, facing it with courage and helping those uncomfortable with the subject to talk about cancer. —  Grand Island Independent Home RSS
  • However, the first species branchis C. plicata which lacks a pharyngeal collar. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • In contrast, laminin a A accumulates in pharyngeal BM, intestinal BM and body wall muscle BM during elongation and its level in intestinal BM and body wall muscle BM gradually decreases. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • In larvae and adults, laminin a A is only sometimes detected weakly in pharyngeal BM and body wall muscle BM. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Expression of the pharyngeal muscle-specific myosin gene myo-2 is regulated by cell type-specific signals that target a site in the myo-2 enhancer called the B subelement. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. From New Latin pharyngeus, from pharynx, pharyng-, pharynx; see pharynx.

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  1. from New Latin pharynx (pharyng-), pharynx, + -e-al.
 

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/fəˈrɪndʒəəl/
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