Definition of "oropharynx" [oropharynx]

• The part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the epiglottis. (noun)

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• "Between 1988 and 2004, the researchers found, the incidence of HPV-positive oropharynx cancers—those that affect the back of the tongue and tonsil area—increased by 225%."
• "Kreimer, Ph.D., of the National Cancer Institute, estimates that about 65 percent of the approximately 8,000 cancers of the oropharynx tonsils and base of the tongue seen in the U.S. in 2010 were from HPV infection; 80 percent of these are in men."
• "The documentation included not only how long the procedure lasted, how much water was used and how it was poured, but also "if the naso - or oropharynx was filled, what sort of volume was expelled .... and how the subject looked between each treatment.""