glossopharyngeal

[ glos-oh-fuh-rin-jee-uhl, -juhl, -far-in-jee-uhl, glaw-soh- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the tongue and pharynx.

noun

1. glossopharyngeal nerve.

Word History and Origins

Origin of glossopharyngeal¹

First recorded in 1815–25; glosso- + pharyngeal

Example Sentences

The whole nerve-complex formed by the glossopharyngeal and the vagus nerves cannot of course be shewn in any single section.

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The glossopharyngeal nerve alone becomes eventually separated from the succeeding branches.

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The relation of the branches of the vagus and glossopharyngeal to the branchial clefts requires no special remark.

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The mixed nerves to the internal branchial segments, equivalent in the vertebrate to the vagus, glossopharyngeal, and facial.

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Immediately anterior to this glossopharyngeal segment is seen in the figures the segment supplied by the VIIth or facial nerves.

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