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单词 fauces
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fauces

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fau·ces

F0053500 (fô′sēz′)pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The passage from the back of the mouth to the pharynx, bounded by the soft palate, the base of the tongue, and the palatine arches.
[Middle English, from Latin faucēs.]
fau′cal (-kəl), fau′cial (-shəl) adj.

fauces

(ˈfɔːsiːz) n, pl -ces (Anatomy) anatomy the area between the cavity of the mouth and the pharynx, including the surrounding tissues[C16: from Latin: throat]

fau•ces

(ˈfɔ siz)

n., pl. -ces. the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading into the pharynx. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin] fau•cial (ˈfɔ ʃəl) adj.
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Noun1.fauces - the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynxpassageway, passage - a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages"
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fauces

enUK

fauces

[′fȯ‚sēz] (anatomy) The passage in the throat between the soft palate and the base of the tongue. (botany) The throat of a calyx, corolla, or similar part.

fauces

In the Roman house, passageways from the street to the atrium, or from the atrium to the peristyle.

fauces

enUK

fauces

 [faw´sēz] throat" >throat. adj., adj fau´cial.

fau·ces

, gen.

fau·ci·um

(faw'sēz, faw'sē-ŭm), [TA] This word is grammatically plural.The space between the cavity of the mouth and the pharynx, bounded by the soft palate and the base of the tongue.
See also: isthmus of fauces.
Synonym(s): oropharyngeal passage [L. the throat]

fauces

(fô′sēz′)pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The passage from the back of the mouth to the pharynx, bounded by the soft palate, the base of the tongue, and the palatine arches.
fau′cal (-kəl), fau′cial (-shəl) adj.

fau·ces

, pl. fauces (faw'sēz) [TA] The space between the cavity of the mouth and the pharynx, bounded by the soft palate and the base of the tongue. [L. the throat]

fauces

The narrowed space at the back of the mouth and PHARYNX, under the soft palate and between the soft palatine arches (the pillars of the fauces) on either side from which the throat opens out. The term appears to be a plural of the singular word faux but is, in fact, a singular entity. From Latin, fauces , throat.

fau·ces

, pl. fauces (faw'sēz) [TA] Area between oral cavity and pharynx, bounded by soft palate and lingual base.

fauces

enUK
  • noun

Words related to fauces

noun the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx

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  • passageway
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