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prepharyngeal

prepharyngeal adjective: before the pharynx.

Adjective

prepharyngeal (not comparable)

  1. Before the pharynx
    • Cephalic region broad, with terminal and two bilateral poorly developed lobes, three bilateral pairs of head organs, pairs of bilateral groups of cephalic-gland cells prepharyngeal and at level of pharynx.2015 August 12, Delane C. Kritsky, Micah D. Bakenhaster, Douglas H. Adams, “Pseudorhabdosynochus species (Monogenoidea, Diplectanidae) parasitizing groupers (Serranidae, Epinephelinae, Epinephelini)...

Origin of prepharyngeal

From pre- + pharyngeal.

Words that rhyme with prepharyngeal

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Questions about prepharyngeal

What does prepharyngeal mean?
Prepharyngeal means before the pharynx.
What part of speech is prepharyngeal?
Prepharyngeal is an adjective.

Words near prepharyngeal in the dictionary

  1. prepersuasive
  2. preperturbation
  3. prepetition
  4. prepg.
  5. prepharmacy
  6. prepharyngeal
  7. prephase
  8. prephases
  9. prephenate
  10. prephenates
  11. prephenic acid

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