pharyngeal recess

1. 1.

   a small recess in the wall of the pharynx

   Broaderrecess

   Part ofthroat

Questions about pharyngeal recess

What does pharyngeal recess mean?

pharyngeal recess means "a small recess in the wall of the pharynx".

Is pharyngeal recess a common word?

pharyngeal recess 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.