English Explanatory Dictionary

velopharynx

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The region of the soft palate and the pharynx

Word forms

velopharynx velopharynges

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weg-der.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *wekslom Latin vēlumder. English velo- Ancient Greek φάρυγξ (phárunx)bor. New Latin pharynxbor. English pharynx English velopharynx From velo- + pharynx.

Related words

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