faucalize
verbEtymology From faucal + -ize.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences To simultaneously contract the palatoglossus and palatopharyngeus muscles, which have the effects of: vertically expanding and laterally constricting the pharyngeal cavity, of constricting the oropharyngeal isthmus, and of raising the pharynx relative to the larynx.
- Related terms
- faucal, faucalized, faucalization