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stylopharyngei

US/ˌstaɪ.loʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒiˌaɪ/

stylopharyngei is the plural of stylopharyngeus.

Meaning of stylopharyngeus

Noun

stylopharyngeus (plural stylopharyngei)

  1. A slender muscle in the head that arises from the base of the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts into the side of the pharynx, and acts with the contralateral muscle in swallowing to increase the transverse diameter of the pharynx by drawing its sides upward and laterally.

Questions about stylopharyngei

What is stylopharyngei the plural of?
Stylopharyngei is the plural of stylopharyngeus.
How do you pronounce stylopharyngei?
Stylopharyngei is pronounced /ˌstaɪ.loʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒiˌaɪ/ (US).

Words near stylopharyngei in the dictionary

  1. stylonychiid
  2. stylonychiids
  3. stylonychine
  4. stylonychines
  5. stylopharyngeal
  6. stylopharyngei
  7. stylopharyngeus
  8. stylophone
  9. stylophones
  10. stylophoran
  11. stylophorans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stylopharyngei (page history and authors); stylopharyngeus (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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