OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 46719

nasopharynx

Meanings (ES + gloss)
nasofaringe
The nasal part of the pharynx, lying behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate.
Occasionally she gasped out "Joe!" — a flat animal cry that her slack vocal cords made unfemininely deep, that her nasopharynx, choked with mucus, robbed of all resonance.
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