Nasopharynx

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The nasal part of the pharynx, lying behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate.

    "Occasionally she gasped out "Joe!" — a flat animal cry that her slack vocal cords made unfemininely deep, that her nasopharynx, choked with mucus, robbed of all resonance."

  2. 2
    cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx wordnet

Synonyms

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epipharynxepipharynxrhinopharynx

Example

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"Occasionally she gasped out "Joe!" — a flat animal cry that her slack vocal cords made unfemininely deep, that her nasopharynx, choked with mucus, robbed of all resonance."

Etymology

From naso- + pharynx.

Related phrases

soft palate

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