nasopharyngeal
IPA: nʌsˈɑfɝˈɪndʒiʌɫ
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the nose and the pharynx
- Of or pertaining to the nasopharynx
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Examples of "nasopharyngeal" in Sentences
- An improved nasopharyngeal speculum is disclosed.
- They live in the nasopharyngeal region of mammals.
- Seizure after local anesthesia for nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
- It replicates in the nasal and nasopharyngeal tissues and the tonsils.
- Nasopharyngeal airways are sometimes used by people who have sleep apnea.
- Dr. David Dolowitz pioneered a cutting-edge medical procedure called nasopharyngeal radium irradiation.
- Indigenous populations appear predisposed to cancers such as nasopharyngeal and salivary gland cancer [106].
- Second, easily accessible samples such as nasopharyngeal swab samples may be used as an index to risk of severe disease.
- When Oliver was first diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in September of 2011, of course he wanted to fight the disease.
- The World Health Organization calls it a known carcinogen; EPA concurs, linking its inhalation to a host of cancers, including nasopharyngeal cancers, leukemia, and lymphoma.
- The team has since moved on to try to establish if these gene variants may be linked to the tendency among certain groups of Chinese to develop particular diseases - such as nasopharyngeal cancer, which is more prevalent among southern Chinese, but not Chinese in northern provinces.
- The team has since moved on to try to establish if these gene variants may be linked to the tendency among certain groups of Chinese to develop particular diseases -- such as nasopharyngeal cancer, which is more prevalent among southern Chinese, but not Chinese in northern provinces.