pharyngeal

Speech parts

1. pharyngeal - Noun

2. pharyngeal - Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the pharynx; in the region of the pharynx.

A pharyngeal bone or cartilage; especially, one of the lower pharyngeals, which belong to the rudimentary fifth branchial arch in many fishes, or one of the upper pharyngeals, or pharyngobranchials, which are the dorsal elements in the complete branchial arches.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

guttural guttural consonant pharyngeal consonant central back strong consonant alveolar broad checked dorsal cerebral dental assimilation articulated
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Antonyms

airy high small little low easy
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Hypernyms

consonant

Phrases with the word

pharyngeal arch system pharyngeal arches development pharyngeal arches embryology pharyngeal derivatives pharyngeal development pharyngeal groove

Examples

pharyngeal fricatives Source: Internet

Additional portions of thymus tissue are sometimes developed from the fourth pharyngeal pouch. Source: Internet

Akkadian lost both the glottal and pharyngeal fricatives, which are characteristic of the other Semitic languages. Source: Internet

But these embryonic pharyngeal arches, grooves, pouches, and slits in human embryos can not at any stage carry out the same function as the gills of an adult fish. Source: Internet

For the pharyngeal, approximants are more numerous than fricatives. Source: Internet

History The original Semitic letter Heth most likely represented the voiceless pharyngeal fricative (error). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pharyngalgia pharyngalization pharyngalized pharyngeal apparatus pharyngeal arch pharyngeal arch system