Etymograph

English

faucalize

From faucal + -ize.

Formed from faucal + -ize

Latin fauces ‘throat’

English faucal

Today it means

verb To simultaneously contract the palatoglossus and palatopharyngeus muscles, which have the effects of: vertically expanding and laterally constricting the pharyngeal cavity, of constricting the oropharyngeal isthmus, and of raising the pharynx relative to the larynx.

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