pharynx

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The earliest we have observed distal enhancer activity in the pharynx is at the bean stage.

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  1. noun The section of the alimentary canal that extends from the mouth and nasal cavities to the larynx, where it becomes continuous with the esophagus.

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  • The space between the pharyngeal wall and the back of the tongue is called the pharynx and if the tongue is bunched in such a way as to retract the tongue root, it produces a type of vowel called pharyngealized. —  AnalogSFF,May2008
  • Sore throat (pharyngitis) is a painful inflammation of the pharynx, which is the part of the throat that lies between the mouth and the larynx (voice box). —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • The earliest we have observed distal enhancer activity in the pharynx is at the bean stage. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • In the posterior part of the pharynx is the superior extremity of the gullet, the canal through which the feed and water pass to the stomach. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • Inflammation of the pharynx is a complication of other diseases--namely, influenza, strangles, etc.--and is probably always more or less complicated with inflammation of the larynx. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
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  1. New Latin pharynx, pharyng-, from Greek pharunx.

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  1. = French pharynx = Spanish Italian faringe = Portuguese pharynx, pharynge, from New Latin pharynx, the pharynx, from Greek φάρυγξ, the throat; technically the joint opening of the gullet and the windpipe, but also applied to the windpipe and the esophagus; cf. φάραγξ, a cleft; from √ φαρ, bore, in φαρᾱν, plow.
 

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