salpingopharyngeus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin salpingopharyngeus, clipping of mūsculus salpingopharyngeus (“salpingopharyngeal muscle”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sălpĭng'gōfərĭnʹjēəs
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /salˌpɪŋ.ɡəʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sælˌpɪŋ.ɡoʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒiəs

Noun

salpingopharyngeus (plural salpingopharyngei)

1. (anatomy) A muscle of the pharynx that arises from the inferior part of the Eustachian tube near its opening and passes downward to the constrictors of the pharynx, joining the posterior part of the palatopharyngeus.

Translations

muscle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 咽鼓管咽肌 (yāngǔguǎnyānjī), 耳咽管咽肌 (ěryānguǎnyānjī)

References

• “salpingopharyngeus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Etymology

From salpinx (“the salpinx”) +‎ pharyngeus (“pharyngeal”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sal.pin.ɡo.pʰaˈryn.ɡe.us/, [s̠äɫ̪pɪŋɡɔpʰäˈrʏŋɡeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sal.pin.ɡo.faˈrin.d͡ʒe.us/, [sälpiŋɡofäˈrin̠ʲd͡ʒeus]

Adjective

salpingopharyngeus (feminine salpingopharyngea, neuter salpingopharyngeum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)

1. (anatomy, relational) salpingopharyngeal

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	salpingopharyngeus	salpingopharyngea	salpingopharyngeum		salpingopharyngeī	salpingopharyngeae	salpingopharyngea
Genitive	salpingopharyngeī	salpingopharyngeae	salpingopharyngeī		salpingopharyngeōrum	salpingopharyngeārum	salpingopharyngeōrum
Dative	salpingopharyngeō		salpingopharyngeō		salpingopharyngeīs
Accusative	salpingopharyngeum	salpingopharyngeam	salpingopharyngeum		salpingopharyngeōs	salpingopharyngeās	salpingopharyngea
Ablative	salpingopharyngeō	salpingopharyngeā	salpingopharyngeō		salpingopharyngeīs
Vocative	salpingopharyngee	salpingopharyngea	salpingopharyngeum		salpingopharyngeī	salpingopharyngeae	salpingopharyngea

Descendants

• ⇒ English: salpingopharyngeal
• → English: salpingopharyngeus