pharynx

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone

Borrowing from New Latin pharynx, from Ancient Greek φᾰ́ρῠγξ (phắrŭnx, “throat”).

Hogan suddenly felt a lump swelling in his pharynx. — By Advice of Counsel, Arthur Cheney Train
Doctors Perry, Baxter, and McClelland began a tracheostomy, as considerable quantities of blood were present from the President’s oral pharynx. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
Whereunto they answered that it was in Larynx and Pharynx, which are two great cities such as Rouen and Nantes, rich and of great trading. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais

throat

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