PHARYNGEAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pharyngeal mean? 

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

1. a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat

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

• PHARYNGEAL (adjective)
  The adjective PHARYNGEAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the throat

  Familiarity information: PHARYNGEAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHARYNGEAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

guttural; guttural consonant; pharyngeal; pharyngeal consonant

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

consonant (a speech sound that is not a vowel)

• PHARYNGEAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the throat

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

pharyngeal fricatives

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 

A term that refers to the staging of pharyngeal carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 7th edition.

(Pharyngeal Carcinoma by AJCC v7 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that refers to the staging of pharyngeal carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 6th edition.

(Pharyngeal Carcinoma by AJCC v6 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgical removal of the pharyngeal tonsils (adenoids).

(Adenoidectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by a narrowing of the pharyngeal airway.

(Pharyngeal Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Cancer of the larynx (voice box) may also be included as a type of pharyngeal cancer.

(Pharyngeal cancer, NCI Dictionary)

A finding about one or more characteristics of pharyngeal cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system.

(Pharyngeal Cancer TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)

Leakage due to breakdown of a pharyngeal anastomosis.

(Pharyngeal Anastomotic Leakage, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding of leakage due to breakdown of a pharyngeal anastomosis (surgical connection of two separate anatomic structures).

(Pharyngeal Anastomotic Leakage, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

It contains the pharyngeal opening of the auditory tube.

(Lateral Wall of the Nasopharynx, NCI Thesaurus)

Removal of tissue from the pharyngeal tonsil for microscopic examination.

(Biopsy of Pharyngeal Tonsil, NCI Thesaurus)