Meanings
adjectivepharyngoepiglottic (not comparable)
- not comparableanatomyRelating to the pharynx and epiglottis.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰruHg-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰerH-der.?
- Pre-Greek*?der.?
- Ancient Greekφάρυγξ (phárunx)
- New Latinpharynx
- Englishpharyngo-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
- Proto-Hellenic*epí
- Ancient Greekἐπί (epí)
- Ancient Greekἐπῐ- (epĭ-)
- Proto-Hellenic*glṓt͏̌t͏̌ā
- Ancient Greekγλῶσσᾰ (glôssă)
- Ancient Greekγλωσσῐ́ς (glōssĭ́s)
- Ancient Greekἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς (epĭglōssĭ́s)
- Ancient Greekἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epĭglōttĭ́s)
- New Latinepiglōtti
- Englishepiglottis
- Englishepiglottic
- Englishpharyngoepiglottic
From pharyngo- + epiglottic.
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pharyngoepiglottic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharyngoepiglottic
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