The Collaborative International Dictionary
Glossopharyngeal \Glos`so*phar`yn*ge"al\ (gl[o^]s"d[-o]*f[a^]r`[i^]n*j[=e]"al or gl[o^]s"d[-o]*f[.a]*r[i^]n"j[-e]*al), a. [Gr. glw^ssa the tongue + E. pharyngeal.] (Anat.) Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. -- n. One of the glossopharyngeal nerves.
Wiktionary
a. Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx n. Any of the glossopharyngeal nerves.
WordNet
adj. pertaining to the tongue and throat
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "glossopharyngeal".
These fibers pass to the brain as parts of two pairs of nerves--those from the front of the tongue joining the trigeminal nerve, and those from the back of the tongue, the glossopharyngeal nerve.
Where once we had scrofula and dropsy, now we have supraven-tricular tachyarrhythmia and glossopharyngeal neuralgia.
First the cranial nerves: olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, facial, auditory, glossopharyngeal, vagus, spinal, and hypoglossal.