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One of the tonsils of the pharynx.

le the consonants of the two words are unlike in sound; as, calamo and platano, baby and chary. The assonance is peculiar to the Spaniard. Hallam.

In a chary manner; carefully; cautiously; frugally.

The quality of being chary.

Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch. -- n.

es the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx.

That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive. [Written also .]

se or mouth. -- Eustrachian tube (Anat.), a passage from the tympanum of the ear to the pharynx. See Ear. -- Eustachian valve (Anat.), a crescent-shaped fold of the lining membrane of the heart at the entrance of the vena cava inferior. It directs the blood towards the left auricle in the fetus, but is rudimentary an…

The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils.

Pertaining to the fauces; pharyngeal.

Affecting the follicles; as, follicular pharyngitis.

The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.

The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.

The central portion of the armature of the pharynx in the Rotifera.

are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis.

The pharynx of a rotifer. It usually contains four horny pieces. The two central ones form the incus, against which the mallei, or lateral ones, work so as to crush the food.

en the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the buccal cavity.

nostrils, and the posterior nares, the openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx.

the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as e (eve) and oo (food), etc., from ì (ìll) and oo (foot), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 13.

-formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennæ, four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws.