different between salpingopharyngeal vs salpingopharyngeus

English

Etymology

From salpingo- (“relating to the Eustachian tube”) +? pharyngeal, or salpingopharyngeus +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sæl.p??.?o??fæ?.?n?d??i.?l/, /?sæl.p??.?o?.f????n.d??i.?l/
• Rhymes: -i??l, -?nd?i?l

Adjective

salpingopharyngeal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the Eustachian tube and the pharynx.
2. (anatomy, relational) Relating to the salpingopharyngeus.

References

• “salpingopharyngeal”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin salpingopharyngeus, clipping of m?sculus salpingopharyngeus (“salpingopharyngeal muscle”). Doublet of salpingopharyngeal.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?lp?ng'g?f?r?n?j??s
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sal?p??.???.f????n.d??i.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sæl?p??.?o?.f????n.d??i.?s/
• Rhymes: -?nd?i?s

Noun

salpingopharyngeus (plural salpingopharyngei)

1. (anatomy) A muscle of the pharynx that arises from the inferior part of the Eustachian tube near its opening and passes downward to the constrictors of the pharynx, joining the posterior part of the palatopharyngeus.

Translation

References

• “salpingopharyngeus”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Latin

Etymology

From salpinx (“the salpinx”) +? pharyngeus (“pharyngeal”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sal.pin.?o.p?a?ryn.?e.us/, [s?ä??p????p?ä?????e?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sal.pin.?o.fa?rin.d??e.us/, [s?lpi???f???in??d???us]

Adjective

salpingopharyngeus (feminine salpingopharyngea, neuter salpingopharyngeum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)

1. (anatomy, relational) salpingopharyngeal

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

• ? English: salpingopharyngeal
• ? English: salpingopharyngeus