pharyngeal constrictor

English

Alternative forms
  • constrictor pharyngis

Noun

pharyngeal constrictor (plural pharyngeal constrictors)

  1. (anatomy) One of the three muscles that constrict the pharynx.
    Meronyms: superior pharyngeal constrictor, middle pharyngeal constrictor, inferior pharyngeal constrictor

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