palatopharyngeus

• palatopharyngeal

Borrowed from Late Latin palātopharyngeus, clipping of mūsculus palātopharyngeus (“palatopharyngeal muscle”). Doublet of palatopharyngeal.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpal.ət.əʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/, /ˌpal.ət.əʊ.fəˈɹɪn.ʒi.əs/, /pəˌleɪ.təʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/, /pəˌleɪ.təʊ.fəˈɹɪn.ʒi.əs/, /ˌpal.ət.əʊˌfa.ɹɪnˈd͡ʒiː.əs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpæl.ət.oʊˌfæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əs/, /ˌpæl.ət.oʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/, /ˌpæl.ət.oʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒəs/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒiəs, -iːəs

palatopharyngeus (plural palatopharyngei)

1. (anatomy) A long, fleshy longitudinal muscle, narrower in the middle than at either end, that arises from the soft palate, contributes with the mucous membrane covering its surface to the structure of the palatopharyngeal arch, and is inserted into the thyroid cartilage and the wall of the pharynx; it serves to constrict the fauces and draw the larynx and pharynx upwards.

   Synonym: pharyngopalatinus

• palate
• pharynx

• “palatopharyngeus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “palatopharyngeus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

From palātum (“palate”) +‎ pharyngeus (“of or relating to the pharynx”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa.laː.to.pʰaˈryn.ɡe.us/, [päɫ̪äːt̪ɔpʰäˈrʏŋɡeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.la.to.faˈrin.d͡ʒe.us/, [pälät̪ofäˈrin̠ʲd͡ʒeus]

palātopharyngeus (feminine palātopharyngea, neuter palātopharyngeum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

1. (anatomy) palatopharyngeal (relating to the palate and the pharynx)

First/second-declension adjective.

• ⇒ English: palatopharyngeal
• → English: palatopharyngeus