Usually means: Upper throat behind the nose.
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  1. nasopharynx: Merriam-Webster
  2. nasopharynx: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nasopharynx: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nasopharynx: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nasopharynx: Vocabulary.com
  6. nasopharynx: Wordnik
  7. Nasopharynx: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  8. nasopharynx: Wiktionary
  9. nasopharynx: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. nasopharynx: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. nasopharynx: Dictionary.com
  12. Nasopharynx: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. nasopharynx: Rhymezone
  14. nasopharynx: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. nasopharynx: Encyclopedia

Medicine (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. nasopharynx: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Nasopharynx: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. Nasopharynx: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  8. Nasopharynx: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  9. nasopharynx: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  10. nasopharynx: Medical dictionary
  11. Nasopharynx: Drug Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (nasopharynx)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) The nasal part of the pharynx, lying behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate.

Similar:
laryngopharynx, pharynx, nasal cavity, oronasopharynx, epipharynx, upper airway, rhinopharynx, nasopharyngeal tonsil, hypopharynx, oropharynx, more...

Types:
adenoids, uvula, velum, pharynx, larynx, epiglottis, glottis, more...

Adjectives:
posterior, human, normal, entire, bony, oro, upper, lateral, anterior, right, small

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    pink,     red,     light pink,     salmon,     coral, more...

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Similar:
laryngopharynx, pharynx, nasal cavity, oronasopharynx, epipharynx, upper airway, rhinopharynx, nasopharyngeal tonsil, hypopharynx, oropharynx, more...

Types:
adenoids, uvula, velum, pharynx, larynx, epiglottis, glottis, more...

Adjectives:
posterior, human, normal, entire, bony, oro, upper, lateral, anterior, right, small

Colors:
    pink,     red,     light pink,     salmon,     coral, more...



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