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stylopharyngeus

US/ˌstaɪ.loʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/

stylopharyngeus noun: 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.

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.

stylopharyngeus meaning in Tamil

stylopharyngeus in Tamil

தொண்டை உயர்த்தி அகட்டும் தசை

Forms of stylopharyngeus

pluralstylopharyngei

Origin of stylopharyngeus

Borrowed from New Latin stylopharyngeus, clipping of mūsculus stylopharyngeus (“stylopharyngeal muscle”). Doublet of stylopharyngeal.

Words that rhyme with stylopharyngeus

Questions about stylopharyngeus

What does stylopharyngeus mean?
Stylopharyngeus means 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.
What is stylopharyngeus in Tamil?
Stylopharyngeus in Tamil is தொண்டை உயர்த்தி அகட்டும் தசை. See Stylopharyngeus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stylopharyngeus?
Stylopharyngeus is a noun.
How do you pronounce stylopharyngeus?
Stylopharyngeus is pronounced /ˌstaɪ.loʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/ (US).
What is the plural of stylopharyngeus?
The plural of stylopharyngeus is stylopharyngei.

Words near stylopharyngeus in the dictionary

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

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