PHARYNGEAL RECESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pharyngeal recess mean? 

• PHARYNGEAL RECESS (noun)
  The noun PHARYNGEAL RECESS has 1 sense:

1. a small recess in the wall of the pharynx

  Familiarity information: PHARYNGEAL RECESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHARYNGEAL RECESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small recess in the wall of the pharynx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pharyngeal recess" is a kind of...):

corner; niche; recess; recession (a small concavity)

Holonyms ("pharyngeal recess" is a part of...):

pharynx; throat (the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone)