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cephalopharyngeal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cephalopha-ryn-geal
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the brain and the pharynx

Etymology

From cephalo- + pharyngeal.

Word Breakdown

Rhymes With

nonlaryngeal nonmeningeal submeningeal alaryngeal supralaryngeal stylopharyngeal cytopharyngeal esophagopharyngeal hyolaryngeal extrapharyngeal prepharyngeal epilaryngeal

Questions

What does cephalopharyngeal mean?
Relating to the brain and the pharynx
Where does cephalopharyngeal come from?
From cephalo- + pharyngeal.

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