Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parapharyngeal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: para-pha-ryn-geal
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Beyond the pharynx

Example Sentences

"Figure 3 Postsurgical MRI Gadolinium contrast-enhanced T2-weighted coronal and axial MRI images demonstrate a residual T2 hypointense, enhancing soft tissue mass involving the anterior left maxillary sinus, premaxillary soft tissues, and extending superiorly into the extraconal soft tissues of the left orbit (see arrows). Figure 4 Restaging FDG-PET/CT PET-CT revealing FDG-avid lesions in the anteromedial left maxillary sinus surgical bed, as well as FDG-avid right adenoid tonsillar lesion, squamous temporal bone involvement, and left parapharyngeal nodes (see arrows)."

Etymology

From para- + pharyngeal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: para

Rhymes With

laryngeal pharyngeal oropharyngeal nasopharyngeal meningeal glossopharyngeal velopharyngeal retropharyngeal hypopharyngeal buccopharyngeal laryngopharyngeal oculopharyngeal

Questions

What does parapharyngeal mean?: Beyond the pharynx
Where does parapharyngeal come from?: From para- + pharyngeal.

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