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oro-pharynx

oro-pharynx is the alternative spelling of oropharynx.

Meaning of oropharynx

Noun

oropharynx (plural oropharynxes or oropharynges)

  1. The oral part of the pharynx, reaching from the uvula to the level of the hyoid bone.
    • He snaked the flexible endoscope into the patient’s nose, through the oropharynx and then down his throat.2007 May 6, Lisa Sanders, M.D., “A Nervous Case”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    mesopharynx

Forms of oro-pharynx

pluraloro-pharynxes
pluraloro-pharynges

Questions about oro-pharynx

What is oro-pharynx the alternative spelling of?
Oro-pharynx is the alternative spelling of oropharynx.

Words near oro-pharynx in the dictionary

  1. Oro Valley
  2. oro-
  3. oro-maxillo-facial
  4. Oro-Medonte
  5. oro-pharynges
  6. oro-pharynx
  7. oro-pharynxes
  8. oroalimentary
  9. oroanal
  10. oroantral
  11. oroarctic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oro-pharynx (page history and authors); oropharynx (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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