English Dictionary

nasopharynx

noun

(anatomy) The nasal part of the pharynx, lying behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate.

The nasopharynx is located behind the nose and above the soft palate.

意味（1）

(anatomy) The nasal part of the pharynx, lying behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate.

Occasionally she gasped out Joe! — a flat animal cry that her slack vocal cords made unfemininely deep, that her nasopharynx, choked with mucus, robbed of all resonance.