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pharyngoplasties

pharyngoplasties is the plural of pharyngoplasty.

Meaning of pharyngoplasty

Noun

pharyngoplasty (plural pharyngoplasties)

  1. A surgical procedure used to reconstruct or modify the pharynx in order to improve its structure or function.
    • Interestingly, positive results have been reported in patients undergoing the combination of transoral robotic surgery for tongue base resection and expansion sphincter pharyngoplasty, which may indicate the importance of palatal surgeries that augment tension and resect the base of the tongue [32...2015 August 18, “Tongue Volume Influences Lowest Oxygen Saturation but Not Apnea-Hypopnea Index in Obstructive Sleep Apnea”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about pharyngoplasties

What is pharyngoplasties the plural of?
Pharyngoplasties is the plural of pharyngoplasty.

Words near pharyngoplasties in the dictionary

  1. pharyngopalatine
  2. pharyngopalatini
  3. pharyngopalatinus
  4. pharyngopathies
  5. pharyngopathy
  6. pharyngoplasties
  7. pharyngoplasty
  8. pharyngoplegia
  9. pharyngoscope
  10. pharyngoscopes
  11. pharyngoscopic

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