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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: Greek, 'throat'

pharynx

 noun
     
Related topics: Human
phar‧ynx plural pharynges [countable]
HBH the tube that goes from the back of your mouth to the place where the tube divides for food and air
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