"pharynx" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfa.ɹɪŋks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɛɹ.ɪŋks/ [General-American], /ˈfæɹ.ɪŋks/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pharynx.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pharynges [plural], pharynxes [plural]
Rhymes: -æɹɪŋks, -ɛəɹɪŋks Etymology: Borrowing from New Latin pharynx, from Ancient Greek φᾰ́ρῠγξ (phárunx, “throat”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|qsb-grc}}, {{bor|en|NL.|pharynx}} New Latin pharynx, {{der|en|grc|φᾰ́ρῠγξ||throat}} Ancient Greek φᾰ́ρῠγξ (phárunx, “throat”) Head templates: {{en-noun|pharynges|+}} pharynx (plural pharynges or pharynxes)
  1. (anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-pharynx-en-noun-O42oencU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Hijazi Arabic terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Hijazi Arabic terms with redundant script codes: 73 27 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (zootomy) The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be thickened and muscular, eversible and toothed, or adapted as a suctorial organ. Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
    Sense id: en-pharynx-en-noun-reFIKLGz Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology, zootomy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pharyngeal, pharyngo-, pharyng-, larynx Translations (part of the alimentary canal): بُلْعُوم (bulʕūm) [masculine] (Arabic), بَلعوم (balʕūm, balʕōm) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), لغلوغ (laḡlūḡ) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), بَلْعوم (balʕūm) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), ըմպան (əmpan) (Armenian), կոկորդաբերան (kokordaberan) (Armenian), farinxe [feminine] (Asturian), গলবিল (golbil) (Bengali), глътка (glǎtka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), фаринкс (farinks) [masculine] (Bulgarian), faringe [feminine] (Catalan), 咽頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 咽头 (yāntóu) (Chinese Mandarin), (yān) (Chinese Mandarin), hltan [masculine] (Czech), svælg [neuter] (Danish), farynx [masculine] (Dutch), faringo (Esperanto), svølg [neuter] (Faroese), svølgrúm [neuter] (Faroese), nielu (Finnish), farynks (Finnish), pharynx [masculine] (French), faringje [feminine, masculine] (Friulian), farinxe [feminine] (Galician), Rachen [masculine] (German), Pharynx [masculine] (German), φάρυγγας (fáryngas) [masculine] (Greek), לֹעַ (lóa') [masculine] (Hebrew), בֵּית הַבְּלִיעָה (beit habli'á) [masculine] (Hebrew), garat (Hungarian), kok [neuter] (Icelandic), faringo (Ido), pharynge (Interlingua), faraing [feminine] (Irish), faringe [masculine] (Italian), 咽頭 (intō) (Japanese), 인두 (indu) (alt: 咽頭) (Korean), pharynx [masculine] (Latin), го́лтник (góltnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), ждре́ло (ždrélo) [neuter] (Macedonian), paeoro (Maori), gewrî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), gerû [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), svelg [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), svelg [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), faringe [feminine] (Occitan), حلق (halq) (Persian), نایگلو (nây-gelu) (Persian), gardło [neuter] (Polish), faringe [feminine] (Portuguese), faringe [neuter] (Romanian), фа́ринкс (fárinks) [masculine] (Russian), зев (zev) [masculine] (Russian), гло́тка (glótka) [feminine] (Russian), горта́нь (gortánʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ждријело [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ždrijelo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), hltan [masculine] (Slovak), žrêlo [neuter] (Slovene), faringe [feminine] (Spanish), svalg [neuter] (Swedish), lalagukan (Tagalog), คอหอย (kɔɔ-hɔ̌i) (Thai), yutak (Turkish), farin (Volapük)
Derived forms: actinopharynx, buccopharynx, cytopharynx, epipharynx, glossopharynx, hypopharynx, laryngopharynx, nasopharynx, oropharynx, retropharynx, velopharynx Disambiguation of 'part of the alimentary canal': 52 48

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      "word": "인두"
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      "roman": "ždrélo",
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      "word": "ждре́ло"
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      "lang": "Maori",
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      "word": "paeoro"
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      "word": "ըմպան"
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      "word": "կոկորդաբերան"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
      "word": "গলবিল"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "faringe"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
      "word": "咽頭"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yāntóu",
      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
      "word": "咽头"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yān",
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      "word": "咽"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "hltan"
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      "code": "da",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
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      "code": "fo",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "nielu"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "pharynx"
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      "code": "fur",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "farinxe"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Rachen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Pharynx"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "φάρυγγας"
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      "code": "he",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "faraing"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "indu",
      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
      "word": "인두"
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "nb",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "code": "oc",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gardło"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "faringe"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "faringe"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "фа́ринкс"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "зев"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ждријело"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ždrijelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hltan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "žrêlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "faringe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "svalg"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
      "word": "lalagukan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kɔɔ-hɔ̌i",
      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
      "word": "คอหอย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
      "word": "yutak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "part of the alimentary canal",
      "word": "farin"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pharynx"
  ],
  "word": "pharynx"
}

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