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Fauces

Fauces Meaning & Definition
Fauces Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fauces?

[n] the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx

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See Also | passage | passageway

Fauces In Webster's Dictionary

\Fau"ces\, n.pl. [L.] 1. (Anat.) 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. 2. (Bot.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc. 3. (Zo["o]l.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.

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