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extrapharyngeal

extrapharyngeal adjective: outside the pharynx.

Adjective

extrapharyngeal (not comparable)

  1. Outside the pharynx.
    • Notably, the other ACC transgenes appeared to be expressed in ventral cord neurons, as well as a variety of extrapharyngeal neurons (Fig 5C–5F).2015 September 23, “The Validation of Nematode-Specific Acetylcholine-Gated Chloride Channels as Potential Anthelmintic Drug Targets”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of extrapharyngeal

From extra- + pharyngeal.

Words that rhyme with extrapharyngeal

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Questions about extrapharyngeal

What does extrapharyngeal mean?
Extrapharyngeal means outside the pharynx.
What part of speech is extrapharyngeal?
Extrapharyngeal is an adjective.

Words near extrapharyngeal in the dictionary

  1. extraperitoneally
  2. extraperoxisomal
  3. extrapersonal
  4. extrapetiolar stipule
  5. extrapetiolar stipules
  6. extrapharyngeal
  7. extraphenomenal
  8. extraphilosophic
  9. extraphilosophical
  10. extraphysical
  11. extraphysiologic

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