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  1. pharyngeals: Vocabulary.com
  2. pharyngeals: Wiktionary
  3. pharyngeals: Dictionary.com
  4. pharyngeals: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pharyngeals: Medical dictionary

(Note: See pharyngeal as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pharyngeal)

adjective:  (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pharynx.
adjective:  (phonetics) Articulated with the pharynx; a term usually describing a consonant which is articulated by the rear area of the tongue being raised to below the region between the uvula and the pharyngeal wall. The term cannot apply to a plosive or stop consonant.
noun:  (phonetics) A sound that is articulated with the pharynx; ellipsis of pharyngeal consonant..
▸ Also see pharyngeal


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