Usually means: Lower part of the pharynx.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. hypopharynx: Merriam-Webster
  2. hypopharynx: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hypopharynx: Wordnik
  4. hypopharynx: Wiktionary
  5. hypopharynx: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. hypopharynx: Dictionary.com
  7. Hypopharynx: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Hypopharynx: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. hypopharynx: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Hypopharynx: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. hypopharynx: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Hypopharynx: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hypopharynx: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. hypopharynx: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hypopharynx: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. hypopharynx: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  7. Sleep Terms (No longer online)
  8. hypopharynx: Medical dictionary
  9. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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  1. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hypopharynx)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) bottom part of the pharynx, the part of the throat that connects to the esophagus

Similar:
pharynx, laryngopharynx, hypolarynx, epipharynx, retropharynx, oesophagus, orohypopharynx, oropharynx, nasopharynx, oronasopharynx, more...

Opposite:
epiglottis, oropharynx, laryngopharynx

Types:
laryngopharynx, nasopharynx, oropharynx, more...

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Similar:
pharynx, laryngopharynx, hypolarynx, epipharynx, retropharynx, oesophagus, orohypopharynx, oropharynx, nasopharynx, oronasopharynx, more...

Opposite:
epiglottis, oropharynx, laryngopharynx

Types:
laryngopharynx, nasopharynx, oropharynx, more...



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