salpingopharyngeus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from New Latin salpingopharyngeus, clipping of mūsculus salpingopharyngeus (“salpingopharyngeal muscle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: sălpĭng'gōfərĭnʹjēəs
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /salˌpɪŋ.ɡəʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /sælˌpɪŋ.ɡoʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/
- Rhymes: -ɪndʒiəs
Noun[edit]
salpingopharyngeus (plural salpingopharyngei)
- (anatomy) A muscle of the pharynx that arises from the inferior part of the Eustachian tube near its opening and passes downward to the constrictors of the pharynx, joining the posterior part of the palatopharyngeus.
Translations[edit]
References[edit]
- “salpingopharyngeus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From salpinx (“the salpinx”) + pharyngeus (“pharyngeal”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sal.pin.ɡo.pʰaˈryn.ɡe.us/, [s̠äɫ̪pɪŋɡɔpʰäˈrʏŋɡeʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sal.pin.ɡo.faˈrin.d͡ʒe.us/, [sälpiŋɡofäˈrin̠ʲd͡ʒeus]
Adjective[edit]
salpingopharyngeus (feminine salpingopharyngea, neuter salpingopharyngeum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)
Inflection[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants[edit]
- ⇒ English: salpingopharyngeal
- → English: salpingopharyngeus
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- Rhymes:English/ɪndʒiəs
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- en:Muscles
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