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nasopharynxes

nasopharynxes is the plural of nasopharynx.

Meaning of nasopharynx

Noun

nasopharynx (plural nasopharynxes or nasopharynges)

  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.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 506

Questions about nasopharynxes

What is nasopharynxes the plural of?
Nasopharynxes is the plural of nasopharynx.

Words near nasopharynxes in the dictionary

  1. nasopharyngoscope
  2. nasopharyngoscopes
  3. nasopharyngoscopies
  4. nasopharyngoscopy
  5. nasopharynx
  6. nasopharynxes
  7. nasophilia
  8. nasoplasties
  9. nasoplasty
  10. nasopremaxillary
  11. nasopulmonary

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