Usually means: Relating to palate and pharynx.
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  2. palatopharyngeal: Wiktionary
  3. palatopharyngeal: Dictionary.com
  4. Palatopharyngeal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  3. palatopharyngeal: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (palatopharyngeal)

adjective:  (anatomy) Of, relating to, or involving the palate and the pharynx.
adjective:  (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the palatopharyngeus.
noun:  (anatomy) Obsolete form of palatopharyngeus. [(anatomy) A long, fleshy longitudinal muscle, narrower in the middle than at either end, that arises from the soft palate, contributes with the mucous membrane covering its surface to the structure of the palatopharyngeal arch, and is inserted into the thyroid cartilage and the wall of the pharynx; it serves to constrict the fauces and draw the larynx and pharynx upwards.]

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