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Definition: Pharynx |
PharynxNoun1. The passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pharynx" was first used: 1693. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The hollow tube about 5 inches long that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus (the tube that goes to the stomach). (references) |
Medicine | The part of the foregut which extends from the base of the skull above the beginning of the oesophagus at the level of the 6th cervical vertebra. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The human pharynx is divided into three sections: the nasopharynx, lying behind the nasal cavity; the oropharynx, behind the oral cavity; and the laryngopharynx, posterior to the larynx.
See also larynx, adenoid, tonsil, Eustachian tube, uvula, hyoid.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pharynx."
Synonym: PharynxSynonym: throat (n). (additional references) |
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 | Line drawing showing nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, pleura, bronchi, etc.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | The poliovirus lives in the human pharynx and intestinal tract. Poliomyelitis is an acute infection that involves the gastrointestinal tract and, occasionally, the central nervous system. It is acquired by fecal-oral transmission.Credit: CDC. |
 | In India, ... cancers occur[ing] in the mouth or pharynx ... believed to be due to the chewing of betel quid. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by E. Schwab.. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | While lying down or sleeping, a person with this problem may draw undigested food into the pharynx. (references) | |
Smoking is also associated with cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, ureter, and bladder. (references) | ||
Respiratory diphtheria presents as a sore throat with low-grade fever and an adherent membrane of the tonsils, pharynx, or nose. Neck swelling is usually present in severe disease. (references) | ||
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| "Pharynx" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pharynx" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 20 | 78,262 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pharynx | 61 |
pharynx cancer | 5 |
pharynx picture | 5 |
pharynx function | 4 |
diagram pharynx | 2 |
pharynx anatomy | 2 |
larynx pharynx | 2 |
pharynx tumor | 2 |
image pharynx | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "pharynx"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | gurmaz (esophagus, gullet, larynx, oesophagus), fyt (drink, gizzard, gullet, gulp, larynx, throat), faring. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حلق (aspire, circle, ear ring, fauces, flatten out, flit, float, fly, fly off, gorge, gullet, hawk about, larynx, plane, ring, rise, shaving, soar, take off, throat, tower, trim), بلعوم (maw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фаринкс, гърло (gorge, gullet, manhole, mouth, neck, swallow, throat, weasand, whistle), глътка (drachm, drag, drain, dram, draught, drink, drop, gulp, lap, mouthful, peg, potion, pull, shot, sip, sup, swallow, taste). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | hltan (gullet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pharynx, svaelg (throat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pharynx (throat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | nielu (throat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pharynx. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schlund (gullet, jaws, maw), Rachenhöhle, Rachen (abyss, jaws, maw, mouth, pharyngeal, throat, throats). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φάρυγγασ, φάρυγξ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מבלעת, לוע (gorge, jaw, maw, muzzle, throat), בית בליעה (esophagus, gullet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | torok (boot, gorge, jugular, throat, throttle), garat (boot, gorge, gullet, hopper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | faring. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | faringe (throat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 咽頭 (pharyngeal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いんとう (dissipation, lewdness, pharyngeal, seal-engraving knife). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arynxphay faringite (pharyngitis). (various references) faringe. (various references) глотка (gizzard, gorge, gullet, larynx, swallow, throat, weasand), зев (fauces, jaw, pharynges). (various references) ždrelo (gorge, maw). (various references) faringe. (various references) svalg (abyss, chasm, fauces, throat, yawn). (various references) yutak (oesophagus, swallow). (various references) глотка (fauces, gorge, larynx), зів. (various references) họng (throat). (various references) sefnig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | pharynx. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pharynx": pharynxes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "pharynx": hypopharynx, nasopharynx, oropharynx. (additional references) | |
Words containing "pharynx": hypopharynxes, nasopharynxes, oropharynxes. (additional references) | |
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"Pharynx" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: farinx, phalynx, pharnyx, pharynz, pharyx. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pharynx" (pronounced fe"ringks) |
| 6 | -e" r i ng k s | larynx. |
| 4 | -i ng k s | Hijinks, hyperlinks, nasopharynx, tiddlywinks. |
| 3 | -ng k s | banks, blanks, blinks, brinks, bunks, chinks, chunks, clunks, cranks, drinks, drunks, dunks, finks, flanks, flunks, francs, Franks, funks, Hanks, hunks, inks, jinks, jinx, kinks, links, Lynx, minks, monks, phalanx, pinks, planks, pranks, punks, ranks, rinks, shanks, shrinks, sinks, skinks, skunks, sphinx, stinks, tanks, thanks, thinks, trunks, winks, yanks. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-n-p-r-x-y" | |
-2 letters: harpy, hyrax, pyran. | |
-3 letters: harp, nary, pray, yarn. | |
-4 letters: any, hap, hay, hyp, nah, nap, nay, pah, pan, par, pax, pay, pry, pya, pyx, rah, ran, rap, rax, ray, rya, yah, yap, yar. | |
-5 letters: ah, an, ar, ax, ay, ha, na, pa, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-n-p-r-x-y" | |
+2 letters: pharynxes. | |
+3 letters: oropharynx. | |
+4 letters: hypopharynx, nasopharynx. | |
+5 letters: oropharynxes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 61 72 79 6E 78 |
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