stylopharyngeus
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin stylopharyngeus, clipping of mūsculus stylopharyngeus (“stylopharyngeal muscle”). Doublet of stylopharyngeal.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌstaɪ.loʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/, /ˌstaɪ.loʊˌfæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əs/
- Rhymes: -ɪndʒiəs, -iːəs
Noun edit
stylopharyngeus (plural stylopharyngei)
- (anatomy) A slender muscle in the head that arises from the base of the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts into the side of the pharynx, and acts with the contralateral muscle in swallowing to increase the transverse diameter of the pharynx by drawing its sides upward and laterally.
Translations edit
References edit
- “stylopharyngeus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From stylus (“a stake, pale”) + -o- + pharyngeus (“pharyngeal”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sty.lo.pʰaˈryn.ɡe.us/, [s̠t̪ʏɫ̪ɔpʰäˈrʏŋɡeʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sti.lo.faˈrin.d͡ʒe.us/, [st̪ilofäˈrin̠ʲd͡ʒeus]
Adjective edit
stylopharyngeus (feminine stylopharyngea, neuter stylopharyngeum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)
Inflection edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | stylopharyngeus | stylopharyngea | stylopharyngeum | stylopharyngeī | stylopharyngeae | stylopharyngea | |
Genitive | stylopharyngeī | stylopharyngeae | stylopharyngeī | stylopharyngeōrum | stylopharyngeārum | stylopharyngeōrum | |
Dative | stylopharyngeō | stylopharyngeō | stylopharyngeīs | ||||
Accusative | stylopharyngeum | stylopharyngeam | stylopharyngeum | stylopharyngeōs | stylopharyngeās | stylopharyngea | |
Ablative | stylopharyngeō | stylopharyngeā | stylopharyngeō | stylopharyngeīs | |||
Vocative | stylopharyngee | stylopharyngea | stylopharyngeum | stylopharyngeī | stylopharyngeae | stylopharyngea |
Descendants edit
- ⇒ English: stylopharyngeal
- → English: stylopharyngeus