Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stylopharyngeus

/ˌstaɪ.loʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sty-lopha-ryn-geus
IPA: /ˌstaɪ.loʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A slender muscle in the head that arises from the base of the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts into the side of the pharynx, and acts with the contralateral muscle in swallowing to increase the transverse diameter of the pharynx by drawing its sides upward and laterally.

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin stylopharyngeus, clipping of mūsculus stylopharyngeus (“stylopharyngeal muscle”). Doublet of stylopharyngeal.

Word Breakdown

Root: stylopharyngeus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌstaɪ.loʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/

Inflected Forms

stylopharyngei (plural)

Rhymes With

salpingopharyngeus palatopharyngeus linnaeus alpheus antaeus peroneus achaeus coeus

Questions

How do you pronounce stylopharyngeus?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌstaɪ.loʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/.
What does stylopharyngeus mean?: A slender muscle in the head that arises from the base of the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts into the side of the pharynx, and acts with the contralateral muscle in swallowing to increase the transverse diameter of the pharynx by drawing its sides upward and laterally.
Where does stylopharyngeus come from?: Borrowed from New Latin stylopharyngeus, clipping of mūsculus stylopharyngeus (“stylopharyngeal muscle”). Doublet of stylopharyngeal.

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