OROPHARYNX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oropharynx mean? 

• OROPHARYNX (noun)
  The noun OROPHARYNX has 1 sense:

1. cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth

  Familiarity information: OROPHARYNX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OROPHARYNX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("oropharynx" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

Holonyms ("oropharynx" is a part of...):

pharynx; throat (the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone)

Derivation:

oropharyngeal (of or relating to or located near the oropharynx)

 Context examples 

A benign exophytic growth that arises from the oropharynx.

(Oropharyngeal Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant neoplasm that has spread to the oropharynx from another anatomic site.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Oropharynx, NCI Thesaurus)

Cancer that forms in tissues of the oral cavity (the mouth) or the oropharynx (the part of the throat at the back of the mouth).

(Lip and Oral Cavity Carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)

A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the oropharynx.

(Oropharyngeal Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Carcinoma, predominantly squamous cell, arising from the epithelial cells of the oropharynx.

(Oropharyngeal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Cancer that forms in tissues of the oropharynx (the part of the throat at the back of the mouth, including the soft palate, the base of the tongue, and the tonsils).

(Oropharyngeal cancer, NCI Dictionary)

Infection of the oropharynx with, or disease caused by, Candida, especially C. albicans.

(Oropharyngeal Candidiasis, NCI Thesaurus)

A squamous cell carcinoma associated with human papilloma type 16 virus, arising from the oropharynx.

(Human Papillomavirus Positive Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A squamous cell carcinoma arising from the oropharynx.

(Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Pharyngeal cancer includes cancer of the nasopharynx (the upper part of the throat behind the nose), the oropharynx (the middle part of the pharynx), and the hypopharynx (the bottom part of the pharynx).

(Pharyngeal cancer, NCI Dictionary)