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Cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth
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oropharynx
Word definitions for oropharynx in dictionaries
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) the oral part of the pharynx, reaching from the uvula to the level of the hyoid bone
Usage examples of oropharynx.
In the mouth the buccal mucosae are lesioned, the oropharynx inflamed.
Boris winces momentarily as the nematocysts let rip inside his mouth, but in a moment or so, the cubozoan slips down, and in the meantime, his biophysics model clips the extent of the damage to his stinger-ruptured oropharynx.