rhinopharynxn.
/ˌrʌɪnə(ʊ)ˈfarɪŋks/, U.S. /ˌraɪnoʊˈfɛrɪŋ(k)s/ Anatomy.
= nasopharynx n.
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rhinopharynx1885
1885 Med. News 6 June 645/1 The different preparations of the erythroxylon coca are be especially lauded..because of their direct local effect on the throat and rhinopharynx.
1920 J. S. Billings et al. Gen. Med. in Pract. Med. Series I. 130 It was evident that the meningococcus was both endemically and epidemically distributed in the rhinopharynges of the troops of Camp Coetquidon.
1976 Acta Oto-laryngologica 82 249 The goblet-cell density is greatest in the lateral wall and the roof of the rhinopharynx.
2009 Jrnl. Oral & Maxillofacial Surg. 67 410/1 Other frequent sites of GS [sc. granulocytic sarcoma] in the head and neck are the soft palate, rhinopharynx, salivary glands, scalp, and skin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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