salpingopharyngeus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin salpingopharyngeus, clipping of mūsculus salpingopharyngeus (“salpingopharyngeal muscle”).

Pronunciation
  • enPR: sălpĭng'gōfərĭnʹjēəs
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /salˌpɪŋ.ɡəʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /sælˌpɪŋ.ɡoʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/
  • Rhymes: -ɪndʒiəs

Noun

salpingopharyngeus (plural salpingopharyngei)

  1. (anatomy) A muscle of the pharynx that arises from the inferior part of the Eustachian tube near its opening and passes downward to the constrictors of the pharynx, joining the posterior part of the palatopharyngeus.

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Latin

Etymology

From salpinx (“the salpinx”) +‎ pharyngeus (“pharyngeal”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sal.pin.ɡo.pʰaˈryn.ɡe.us/, [s̠äɫ̪pɪŋɡɔpʰäˈrʏŋɡeʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sal.pin.ɡo.faˈrin.d͡ʒe.us/, [sälpiŋɡofäˈrin̠ʲd͡ʒeus]

Adjective

salpingopharyngeus (feminine salpingopharyngea, neuter salpingopharyngeum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy, relational) salpingopharyngeal

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative salpingopharyngeus salpingopharyngea salpingopharyngeum salpingopharyngeī salpingopharyngeae salpingopharyngea
Genitive salpingopharyngeī salpingopharyngeae salpingopharyngeī salpingopharyngeōrum salpingopharyngeārum salpingopharyngeōrum
Dative salpingopharyngeō salpingopharyngeō salpingopharyngeīs
Accusative salpingopharyngeum salpingopharyngeam salpingopharyngeum salpingopharyngeōs salpingopharyngeās salpingopharyngea
Ablative salpingopharyngeō salpingopharyngeā salpingopharyngeō salpingopharyngeīs
Vocative salpingopharyngee salpingopharyngea salpingopharyngeum salpingopharyngeī salpingopharyngeae salpingopharyngea

Descendants
  • ⇒ English: salpingopharyngeal
  • → English: salpingopharyngeus
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