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cricopharyngeal

cricopharyngeal adjective: of or relating to the cricopharyngeus.

Adjective

cricopharyngeal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the cricopharyngeus.

Origin of cricopharyngeal

From crico- + pharyngeal.

Words that rhyme with cricopharyngeal

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Questions about cricopharyngeal

What does cricopharyngeal mean?
Cricopharyngeal means of or relating to the cricopharyngeus.
What part of speech is cricopharyngeal?
Cricopharyngeal is an adjective.

Words near cricopharyngeal in the dictionary

  1. cricomyotomy
  2. cricondenbar
  3. cricondenbars
  4. cricondentherm
  5. cricondentherms
  6. cricopharyngeal
  7. cricopharyngei
  8. cricopharyngeus
  9. cricothyroid
  10. cricothyroid muscle
  11. cricothyroid muscles

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