pharynx
咽部,咽喉,咽喉部,咽
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plural pha·ryn·ges [fuh-rin-jeez], /fəˈrɪn dʒiz/, phar·ynx·es.Anatomy.
- : the tube or cavity, with its surrounding membrane and muscles, that connects the mouth and nasal passages with the esophagus.
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A nurse carefully swabbed the back of his nose and pharynx for a sample of the virus that had brought him to the hospital.
Vincent's angina is a chronic pseudomembranous and ulcerative inflammation of pharynx and tonsils.
It subsequently loses its connection with the pharynx, and in adult life is a bilobed structure on either side of the windpipe.
In hay fever, the itching and redness of the eyes, nose, and throat are controlled from a sensitive point in the naso-pharynx.
The Right Spot, as related in the chapter on Ichthyol, is either the vault of the pharynx or the upper surface of the soft palate.
In the higher grades, a mouth, pharynx, and sophagus precede the stomach.