nasopharyngeal
adjective
na·so·pha·ryn·geal ˌnā-zō-fə-ˈrin-j(ē-)əl 
-ˌfer-ən-ˈjē-əl,
-ˌfa-rən- : of, relating to, or affecting the nose and pharynx or the nasopharynx
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web So did testing of two patients’ nasopharyngeal swabs, one patient’s blood, and one patient’s saliva. 
Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 16 June 2022 Chinese Americans experience the highest rates of nasopharyngeal cancers that is likely connected to consumption of salted fish. Claire Wang, NBC News, 7 June 2022 The agency also declined to approve a cancer drug from Coherus BioSciences and its Chinese partner, Shanghai Junshi Biosciences, for treating a type of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, citing the need for quality process changes. Ed Silverman, STAT, 4 May 2022 To confirm this suspicion the virus was isolated from infected patient nasopharyngeal tissue, saliva, stool, and blood samples to clone the viral genome. William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022 Now the newer study contends that inactivating the virus in the mouth’s saliva and mucous membranes could help reduce infection in the adjoining nasopharyngeal area, too. Abdullah Iqbal, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2022 Such a reservoir of virus is not likely to be in your nose, so the nasopharyngeal swab people used to test for COVID is vastly negative in the long-COVID patients. The Atlantic, 7 May 2021 Health officials at the airport conducted 54,520 SARS-CoV-2 saliva tests, and 55 people tested positive, which was confirmed by an additional PCR test using a nasopharyngeal swab. Alice Park, Time, 4 Feb. 2022 Covid tests typically use a nasal swab, or what’s known as a nasopharyngeal swab when a sample is taken from deep inside the nose. Ben Zimmer, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2022 See More
Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 16 June 2022 Chinese Americans experience the highest rates of nasopharyngeal cancers that is likely connected to consumption of salted fish. Claire Wang, NBC News, 7 June 2022 The agency also declined to approve a cancer drug from Coherus BioSciences and its Chinese partner, Shanghai Junshi Biosciences, for treating a type of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, citing the need for quality process changes. Ed Silverman, STAT, 4 May 2022 To confirm this suspicion the virus was isolated from infected patient nasopharyngeal tissue, saliva, stool, and blood samples to clone the viral genome. William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022 Now the newer study contends that inactivating the virus in the mouth’s saliva and mucous membranes could help reduce infection in the adjoining nasopharyngeal area, too. Abdullah Iqbal, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2022 Such a reservoir of virus is not likely to be in your nose, so the nasopharyngeal swab people used to test for COVID is vastly negative in the long-COVID patients. The Atlantic, 7 May 2021 Health officials at the airport conducted 54,520 SARS-CoV-2 saliva tests, and 55 people tested positive, which was confirmed by an additional PCR test using a nasopharyngeal swab. Alice Park, Time, 4 Feb. 2022 Covid tests typically use a nasal swab, or what’s known as a nasopharyngeal swab when a sample is taken from deep inside the nose. Ben Zimmer, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1848, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
nasopharyngeal
adjective
na·so·pha·ryn·geal ˌnā-zō-fə-ˈrin-j(ē-)əl -ˌfar-ən-ˈjē-əl
-ˌfar-ən-ˈjē-əl : of, relating to, or affecting the nose and pharynx or the nasopharynx
nasopharyngeal cancer
nasopharyngeal secretions