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Definition of Nasopharynx
1. Noun. Cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx.
Terms within: Faucial Tonsil, Palatine Tonsil, Tonsil, Tonsilla
Group relationships: Pharynx, Throat
Derivative terms: Nasopharyngeal
Definition of Nasopharynx
1. Noun. (anatomy) The nasal part of the pharynx, lying behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nasopharynx
1. [n -YNXES or -YNGES]
Medical Definition of Nasopharynx
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nasopharynx
Literary usage of Nasopharynx
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1919)
"Present knowledge places that disease among the infections in which the specific
cause is carried in the nasopharynx, and present belief is to the effect ..."
2. Racial/Ethnic Patterns of Cancer in the United States, 1988-1992edited by Barry A. Miller edited by Barry A. Miller (1997)
"rancer of the nasopharynx is a rare neoplasm in most countries. However, it occurs
at high frequencies in China and Southeast Asia. ..."
3. A Text-book of Diseases of the Nose and Throat by David Braden Kyle (1907)
"The tissue gradually breaks down and ulcer fonns and spreads, involving the entire
nasopharynx, soft palate, and, unless arrested spontaneously or by ..."
4. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"The nasopharynx can be still more easily inspected with the aid of Hay's electric
... Palpation of the Nose and nasopharynx Through the nasal speculum, ..."
5. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat: A Manual for Students and Practitioners by Howard Charles Ballenger, Adolphus George Wippern (1917)
"THE pharynx is divided into the nasopharynx, or that portion of the pharynx ...
nasopharynx.—The nasopharynx is formed above by the body of the sphenoid and ..."
6. Gulf War And Health by Institute of Medicine (2005)
"CANCERS OF THE NASAL CAVITY AND nasopharynx Cancers of the nasopharynx (ICD-9
147) or of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses (ICD-9 160), ..."
7. A Manual of Diseases of the Nose and Throat by Cornelius Godfrey Coakley (1908)
"These may involve the nasopharynx primarily, and as such be either ... Secondary
involvement of the nasopharynx occurs from the extension of malignant ..."
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