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plural oropharynxes or oropharynges
(anatomy) The oral part of the pharynx, reaching from the uvula to the level of the hyoid bone. quotations examples
He snaked the flexible endoscope into the patient’s nose, through the oropharynx and then down his throat.
2007 May 6, Lisa Sanders, M.D., “A Nervous Case”, in New York Times