oropharynx
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See also: oro-pharynx
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- Rhymes: -æɹɪŋks
Noun[edit]
oropharynx (plural oropharynxes or oropharynges)
- (anatomy) The oral part of the pharynx, reaching from the uvula to the level of the hyoid bone.
- 2007 May 6, Lisa Sanders, M.D., “A Nervous Case”, in New York Times[1]:
- He snaked the flexible endoscope into the patient’s nose, through the oropharynx and then down his throat.
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the oral part of the pharynx
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