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PHARYNGEAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
Synonyms:
guttural; guttural consonant; pharyngeal; pharyngeal consonant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pharyngeal" is a kind of...):
consonant (a speech sound that is not a vowel)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the throat
Example:
pharyngeal fricatives
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
pharynx (the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone)
Derivation:
pharynx (the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone)
Context examples:
The untoward medical consequence (or experience) of an unintentional inhalation of oro-pharyngeal or gastric contents into trachea or the lung airways.
(Aspiration Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus)
It is caused by developmental abnormalities of the pharyngeal arches and results in the development of a cyst or a fissure in the side of the neck.
(Branchial Cleft Remnant, NCI Thesaurus)
As a result, the volume and free acidity of gastric secretions and excessive pharyngeal, tracheal, and bronchial secretions are reduced.
(Glycopyrrolate, NCI Thesaurus)
Ivermectin exerts its anthelmintic effect via activating glutamate-gated chloride channels expressed on nematode neurons and pharyngeal muscle cells.
(Ivermectin, NCI Thesaurus)
It is caused by the intermittent relaxation of pharyngeal muscles leading to the narrowing or complete blockage of the upper airway.
(Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
A muscle originating from the outer sides of the thyroid and cricoid cartilages that is inserted into the pharyngeal raphe in the posterior portion of the wall of the pharynx and is innervated by the pharyngeal plexus.
(Cricopharyngeus Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)
Narrowing of the pharyngeal airway.
(Pharyngeal Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus)
This agent has a direct relaxing effect on smooth muscle and therefore prevents spasms in the muscles of the gastrointestinal tract, inhibits gastrointestinal propulsive motility, decreases gastric acid secretion and controls excessive pharyngeal, tracheal and bronchial secretion.
(Dicyclomine, NCI Thesaurus)
Most pharyngeal cancers are squamous cell carcinomas (cancer that begins in thin, flat cells that look like fish scales).
(Pharyngeal cancer, NCI Dictionary)
An anatomically narrow airway from body habitus or enlarged pharyngeal structures may also predispose to obstruction.
(Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
