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Definition of pharyngeal adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pharyngeal

adjective

/fəˈrɪndʒiəl/,

/ˌfærɪnˈdʒiːəl/

/fəˈrɪndʒiəl/,

/ˌfærɪnˈdʒiːəl/

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relating to the pharynx
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from modern Latin pharyngeus (from Greek pharunx, pharung- ‘throat’) + -al.

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