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hypopharynx

noun
hy路​po路​phar路​ynx | \ 藢h墨-p艒-藞fer-i艐(k)s How to pronounce hypopharynx (audio) \

Definition of hypopharynx

1 : an appendage or thickened fold on the floor of the mouth of many insects that resembles a tongue
2 : the laryngeal part of the pharynx extending from the hyoid bone to the lower margin of the cricoid cartilage

First Known Use of hypopharynx

1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for hypopharynx

borrowed from French, from hypo- hypo- + pharynx pharynx

Note: The term was introduced by the French zoologist Jules-C茅sar Savigny (1777-1851) in M茅moires sur les animaux sans vert猫bres, 1. partie, 1. fascicule (Paris, 1816), "Th茅orie des organes de la bouche des animaux invert茅br茅s et articul茅s," pp. 12-13.

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hypopharynx

noun
hy路​po路​phar路​ynx | \ -藞far-i艐(k)s How to pronounce hypopharynx (audio) \
plural hypopharynges\ -​f蓹-​藞rin-​(藢)j膿z How to pronounce hypopharynges (audio) \ also hypopharynxes

Medical Definition of hypopharynx

: the laryngeal part of the pharynx extending from the hyoid bone to the lower margin of the cricoid cartilage

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