pharyngeal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pharyngeal	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for pharyngeal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pharyngeal adj of or relating to the throat; "pharyngeal fricatives" n a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat Synonym(s): guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pharyngeal \Phar`yn*ge"al\, a. [See {Pharynx}.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pharynx; in the region of the pharynx.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pharyngeal \Phar`ynge"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.