Definition of "fauces" [‖Fau•ces]

• The passage from the back of the mouth to the pharynx, bounded by the soft palate, the base of the tongue, and the palatine arches. (noun-plural)

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• "Through the lowering of the pillars of the fauces, which is the same as raising the soft palate, the outflowing breath is divided into two parts."
• "With each moment the atrium was filled more and more; in corridors, called "fauces," voices were heard calling in various languages."
• "1 HAVE feen inftances of peiibns bitten by fuakes, who have been fb long without af - lidance, that when they have been brought to me, they have not been able to fwallow, from Convulfions of the throat and fauces, which is,"