Nasopharynx

Definition: Nasopharynx

Nasopharynx

Noun

1. Cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx.

Specialty Definitions: Nasopharynx

Domain	Definitions
Health	The nasal part of the pharynx, lying above the level of the soft palate. (references)
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Crosswords: Nasopharynx

English words defined with "nasopharynx": adenoid, auditory tube ♦ Eustachian tube ♦ Luschka's tonsil ♦ nasopharyngeal ♦ pharyngeal tonsil, posterior naris, postnasal drip ♦ rhinoscope, rhinoscopy ♦ soft palate ♦ third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis ♦ velum. (references)

Specialty definitions using "nasopharynx": KB Cells ♦ lymphoepithelioma ♦ Nasopharyngeal Diseases, Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms, Nasopharyngitis, Neisseria ♦ rhinopharyngitis ♦ stage I nasopharynx cancer, stage III nasopharynx cancer, stage IV nasopharynx cancer. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Nasopharynx

Domain	Title
Books	Radiology of the nose, paranasal sinuses, and nasopharynx (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: Nasopharynx

"Nasopharynx" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nasopharynx" is used about 4 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%	4	175,879

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Expressions: Nasopharynx

Expressions using "nasopharynx": stage I nasopharynx cancer ♦ stage II nasopharynx cancer ♦ stage III nasopharynx cancer ♦ stage IV nasopharynx cancer. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nasopharynx

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
nasopharynx	20
cancer of nasopharynx	6
nasopharynx radiography	2
nasopharynx tumor	2
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Modern Translations: Nasopharynx

Language		Translations for "nasopharynx"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		nasopharynx (nasopharyngeal cavity), naesesvaelgrummet (nasopharyngeal cavity), rhinopharynx (nasopharyngeal cavity), epipharynx (nasopharyngeal cavity). (various references)

Dutch		nasopharynx (nasopharyngeal cavity), rhinopharynx (nasopharyngeal cavity), pars nasalis pharyngis (nasopharyngeal cavity), epipharynx (nasopharyngeal cavity), cavum pharyngonasale (nasopharyngeal cavity). (various references)

German		Nasenrachenraum (nasopharyngeal cavity). (various references)

Hebrew		לוע �"אף. (various references)

Italian		rinofaringe (nasopharyngeal cavity), parte nasale della faringe (nasopharyngeal cavity). (various references)

Pig Latin		asopharynxnay.(various references)

Thai		ช่องจมูก. (various references)
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Derivations: Nasopharynx

Derivations
	Words beginning with "nasopharynx": nasopharynxes. (additional references)
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Rhyming with "Nasopharynx"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "nasopharynx" (pronounced nusÄ"feringks)
4	-i ng k s	Hijinks, hyperlinks, larynx, pharynx, 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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Anagrams: Nasopharynx

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-h-n-n-o-p-r-s-x-y"
	-3 letters: anaphors.
	-4 letters: anaphor, hosanna, orphans, pharynx, saxhorn.
	-5 letters: annoys, aprons, honans, nonpar, orphan, parson, payors, pharos, pyrans, rayahs, rayons, sannop, saxony, shanny, sharny, sharpy, shoran, syphon, yapons.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-h-n-n-o-p-r-s-x-y"
	+2 letters: nasopharynxes.
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