nasopharyngeal

1. 1.

   of or relating to or located near the nasopharynx

Questions about nasopharyngeal

What does nasopharyngeal mean?

nasopharyngeal means "of or relating to or located near the nasopharynx".

How many syllables are in nasopharyngeal?

nasopharyngeal has 6 syllables: na-so-pha-ryn-ge-al. The stress falls on "ryn".

Is nasopharyngeal a common word?

nasopharyngeal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.