| 单词 | pharynx |
| 释义 | pharynx (once / 11691 pages) n The pharynx is the part of your throat right behind your mouth. If you have a sore throat, tell your mom you have an inflamed pharynx. It sounds more impressive and might get you out of doing the dishes. You might not know it, but you use your pharynx all day long. It's the muscular tube in the front of your neck that lets you take in both air and food. When you eat, food moves through your pharynx to your esophagus and then to your stomach. When you breathe, air is taken in through your nose and then moves through the pharynx to the trachea and, finally, to your lungs. WORD FAMILYpharynx: pharyngeal+/pharyngeal: pharyngeals USAGE EXAMPLESIn men, the head and neck cancers mainly involved the tongue, tonsils and pharynx -- or "oropharyngeal" cancers, the agency reported. US News(Jul 07, 2016) Could there be an abscess seeded deep in his oral pharynx from some earlier infection? New York Times(May 06, 2016) An external view of gill pores is shown; up to 100 bilateral pairs are present in adults, indicative of the large size of the pharynx. Nature(Nov 17, 2015) n the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone Syn|Hyper throat tubular cavity a cavity having the shape of a tube |
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