Definition of "pharyngeal" [phar•yn•ge•al]

• Of, relating to, located in, or coming from the pharynx. (adjective)
• A speech sound produced in the pharynx. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "To those who are versed in ichthyology, these are known as pharyngeal teeth, because they are connected with the pharynx."
• "On the posterior wall is a prominence, best marked in childhood, produced by a mass of lymphoid tissue, which is known as the pharyngeal tonsil."
• "Above the pharyngeal tonsil, in the middle line, an irregular flask-shaped depression of the mucous membrane sometimes extends up as far as the basilar process of the occipital bone; it is known as the pharyngeal bursa."