Faucalize
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Faucalize is a verb meaning (phonetics) 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.
Meaning
(phonetics) 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.
Word Forms
- faucalizes
- faucalizing
- faucalized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fricatize, fricativise, fricativize, frontolyze, fricatise, suffonsify.
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