nasopharyngeal
nasopharyngeal adjective: of or pertaining to the nose and the pharynx.
Adjective
nasopharyngeal (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the nose and the pharynx
- Of or pertaining to the nasopharynx
Origin of nasopharyngeal
From naso- + pharyngeal.
Words formed from nasopharyngeal
Phrases with nasopharyngeal
Words that rhyme with nasopharyngeal
- laryngeal
- buccopharyngeal
- hypopharyngeal
- oropharyngeal
- palatopharyngeal
- pharyngeal
- alaryngeal
- basipharyngeal
- cardiopharyngeal
- cephalopharyngeal
- cerebromeningeal
- chondropharyngeal
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- circumlaryngeal
- circumpharyngeal
- corticomeningeal
- cricopharyngeal
- cytopharyngeal
- endolaryngeal
- epilaryngeal
- epipharyngeal
- esophagopharyngeal
- extralaryngeal
- extrameningeal
- extrapharyngeal
- glossopharyngeal
- hyolaryngeal
- hypolaryngeal
- infrapharyngeal
- intermeningeal
- intralaryngeal
- intrameningeal
- intrapharyngeal
- laryngopharyngeal
- meningeal
- mesopharyngeal
- microlaryngeal
- nasooropharyngeal
- neopharyngeal
- neuromeningeal
- nonlaryngeal
- nonmeningeal
- nonoropharyngeal
- oculopharyngeal
- otolaryngeal
- pachymeningeal
- parameningeal
- parapharyngeal
- perilaryngeal
- perimeningeal
- peripharyngeal
- pharyngolaryngeal
- postpharyngeal
- prelaryngeal
- prepharyngeal
- retrolaryngeal
- retropharyngeal
- rhinopharyngeal
- stylopharyngeal
- sublaryngeal
- submeningeal
Questions about nasopharyngeal
- What does nasopharyngeal mean?
- Nasopharyngeal means of or pertaining to the nose and the pharynx.
- What part of speech is nasopharyngeal?
- Nasopharyngeal is an adjective.
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