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epiglottopharyngeal

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

Adjective

epiglottopharyngeal (not comparable)

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

Questions about epiglottopharyngeal

What does epiglottopharyngeal mean?
Epiglottopharyngeal means being or involving a type of pharyngeal articulation in which the aryepiglottic folds and epiglottis are brought together and retracted against the pharyngeal wall.
What part of speech is epiglottopharyngeal?
Epiglottopharyngeal is an adjective.

Words near epiglottopharyngeal in the dictionary

  1. epiglottides
  2. epiglottiditis
  3. epiglottis
  4. epiglottises
  5. epiglottitis
  6. epiglottopharyngeal
  7. epiglycanin
  8. epignathous
  9. epignathus
  10. epignosis
  11. epignostic

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