The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pharyngeal \Phar`yn*ge"al\, a. [See Pharynx.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pharynx; in the region of the pharynx.
Pharyngeal \Phar`yn*ge"al\, n. (Anat.) A pharyngeal bone or cartilage; especially, one of the lower pharyngeals, which belong to the rudimentary fifth branchial arch in many fishes, or one of the upper pharyngeals, or pharyngobranchials, which are the dorsal elements in the complete branchial arches.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to the pharynx. 2 (context phonetics English) articulated with the pharynx, a term usually describing a consonant which is articulated by the rear area of the tongue being raised to below the region between the uvula and the pharyngeal wall. The term cannot apply to a plosive or stop consonant. n. (context phonetics English) A sound that is articulated with the pharynx.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to the throat; "pharyngeal fricatives"
Wikipedia
Pharyngeal may refer to:
Usage examples of "pharyngeal".
Golden Medical Discovery is well adapted to remove morbid states of the disease, in consequence of its direct action on the mucous membranes of the air-passages, and its efficacy in allaying irritation of the laryngeal, pharyngeal, and pneumogastric nerves.
But of greatest interest is her remarkable control over the muscles which regulate the division and modification of the resonant cavities, the laryngeal, pharyngeal, oral, and nasal, and upon this depends the quality of her voice.
The epiglottis during the production of the highest notes rises upward and backward against the posterior pharyngeal wall in such a way as almost entirely to separate the pharyngeal cavities, at the same time that it gives an unusual conformation to those resonant chambers.
In a case studied by Fevrier the exploration of a lateral pharyngeal fistula produced by the introduction of the sound violent reflex phenomena, such as pallor of the face and irregular, violent beating of the heart.
By contraction of the pharyngeal and laryngeal muscles they also imitate tones from a distance.
He has an aggravated excision of the left ear, what looks to be a simple fracture of the ulna, pharyngeal trauma, and multiple abrasions and contusions.
I felt my way back over his face and behind the angle of the jaw I found that the post pharyngeal lymph glands were very enlarged.
Smiling teeth popped and rattled as the two men embraced, full of loud throaty crooning greeting, yum yum yum and the voiced clearing of phlegm from pharyngeal tracts.
I bent, squinting up into the pharyngeal cavity, but it was too dark to see much there.
The water regurgitated is, however, by means of the elevation of the soft palate, forced into the pharyngeal pouch.
I think therefore that we may assume that these yield back a very fluid secretion, which is regurgitated, as before suggested, into the pharyngeal pouch, to be withdrawn as required.
Actually, it is the bluish-white light which emanates from the pharyngeal plexus.
The coroner found bruising on the hyoid and the sternohyoid and the pharyngeal muscles.
It is the combinations of overtones-along with the resonating characteristics of the pharyngeal, nasal and oral cavities that amplify specific frequencies-that account m large measure for the vocal quality thdt makes each individual s voice somewhat unique For instance, the trained singing voice owes its richness to overtones of more than ordi nary amplitude Sktllful manipulation of Voice requires generating these overtones without altering the basic pitch or loudness of the perceived voice Each individual word or phoneme requires a unique combination of perceived tones and extraperceptual frequencies This perceptual/extraperceptual ratio (specific combination .
He has an aggravated excision of the left ear, what looks to be a simple fracture of the ulna, pharyngeal trauma, and multiple abrasions and contusions.