pharynx

== English == === Etymology === Borrowing from New Latin pharynx, from Ancient Greek φᾰ́ρῠγξ (phắrŭnx, “throat”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ɹɪŋks/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɛɹ.ɪŋks/, /ˈfæɹ.ɪŋks/ Rhymes: -æɹɪŋks, -ɛəɹɪŋks === Noun === pharynx (plural pharynges or pharynxes) (anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus. Meronyms: nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx, velopharynx, glossopharynx (zootomy) The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be thickened and muscular, eversible and toothed, or adapted as a suctorial organ. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== pharyngeal pharyngo-, pharyng- ==== Translations ==== === See also === larynx === References === “pharynx”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “pharynx”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “pharynx”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “pharynx”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “pharynx”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fa.ʁɛ̃ks/ === Noun === pharynx m (uncountable) (anatomy) pharynx ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “pharynx”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek φάρυγξ (phárunx, “throat, gullet”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpʰa.ryŋks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.riŋks] === Noun === pharynx f (genitive pharyngis); third declension (New Latin) (anatomy) the pharynx ==== Inflection ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== pharyngeus (adjective) ==== Related terms ==== pharyngeālis ==== Descendants ==== → English: pharynx