prepharyngeal

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English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ pharyngeal.

Pronunciation

Adjective

prepharyngeal (not comparable)

  1. Before the pharynx
    • 2015 August 12, Delane C. Kritsky, Micah D. Bakenhaster, Douglas H. Adams, “Pseudorhabdosynochus species (Monogenoidea, Diplectanidae) parasitizing groupers (Serranidae, Epinephelinae, Epinephelini) in the western Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters, with descriptions of 13 new species”, in Parasite, volume 22, →DOI:
      Cephalic region broad, with terminal and two bilateral poorly developed lobes, three bilateral pairs of head organs, pairs of bilateral groups of cephalic-gland cells prepharyngeal and at level of pharynx.