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laryngopharynx

noun

the lower part of the pharynx

• Derivationally related forms: ↑laryngopharyngeal

• Hypernyms: ↑cavity, ↑bodily cavity, ↑cavum

• Part Holonyms: ↑throat, ↑pharynx

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\\ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from laryng- + pharynx

: the lower part of the pharynx lying behind or adjacent to the larynx — compare nasopharynx

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/leuh ring'goh far"ingks/, n., pl. laryngopharynges /-feuh rin"jeez/, laryngopharynxes. Anat.

the lower part of the pharynx, above the larynx.

[1895-1900; LARYNGO- + PHARYNX]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.