English

epipharynx

From epi- + pharynx.

Formed from epi- + pharynx

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on, upon’

English epi-

New Latin pharynx ‘the pharynx’

English pharynx

Today it means

noun The nasopharynx.

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