Definition of "glossopharyngeal" [glos•so•phar•yn•ge•al]

• Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx (adjective)
• Any of the glossopharyngeal nerves. (noun)

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• "That of course, is down to months of rigorous training, including practicing a technique called glossopharyngeal insufflation, or lung packing."
• "Thus an increase in arterial pressure in the internal carotid stimulates a number of nerve terminals in the walls of the sinus and produces a reflex which is transmitted by the ninth pair of cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerves, and reaches the territories of the vagus and vaso-motor nerves."
• "Even in the case of the smaller branches of the glossopharyngeal nerve which originate in the sinus area, action potentials of this type have been detected (Bronk, 1931)."