palatopharyngeal
UK/ˌpal.ət.əʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/US/ˌpæl.ət.oʊˌfæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/
palatopharyngeal adjective: of, relating to, or involving the palate and the pharynx. Also the obsolete form of palatopharyngeus.
Adjective
palatopharyngeal (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or involving the palate and the pharynx.
- Of or pertaining to the palatopharyngeus.
Also used as
palatopharyngeal is also the obsolete form of palatopharyngeus.
Forms of palatopharyngeal
| plural | palatopharyngeals |
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Origin of palatopharyngeal
From New Latin palātopharyngeus + -al, from palātum (“the palate”) + pharyngeus (“of or relating to the pharynx”), equivalent to palato- + pharyngeal. Doublet of palatopharyngeus.
Words formed from palatopharyngeal
Phrases with palatopharyngeal
Words that rhyme with palatopharyngeal
- laryngeal
- buccopharyngeal
- hypopharyngeal
- nasopharyngeal
- oropharyngeal
- 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 palatopharyngeal
- What does palatopharyngeal mean?
- Palatopharyngeal means of, relating to, or involving the palate and the pharynx.
- What part of speech is palatopharyngeal?
- Palatopharyngeal is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce palatopharyngeal?
- Palatopharyngeal is pronounced /ˌpal.ət.əʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/ (UK).
Words near palatopharyngeal in the dictionary
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