faucalize

== English == === Etymology === From faucal +‎ -ize. === Verb === faucalize (third-person singular simple present faucalizes, present participle faucalizing, simple past and past participle faucalized) (phonetics) To simultaneously contract the palatoglossus and palatopharyngeus muscles, which have the effects of: vertically expanding and laterally constricting the pharyngeal cavity, of constricting the oropharyngeal isthmus, and of raising the pharynx relative to the larynx. ==== Related terms ==== faucal faucalized faucalization