What does "epiglottopharyngeal" mean?

Being or involving a type of pharyngeal articulation in which the aryepiglottic folds and epiglottis are brought together and retracted against the pharyngeal wall.

Epiglottopharyngeal

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Being or involving a type of pharyngeal articulation in which the aryepiglottic folds and epiglottis are brought together and retracted against the pharyngeal wall. not-comparable

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