fauces
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In some of the cases I find it stated that the fauces presented the normal appearance.
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Violent sneezing, causing pain in the roof of the mouth, the fauces and œsophagus all the way to the stomach, followed by long-continued pains at the cardiac orifice.
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"The sense of taste," says Hayward, "resides in the mucus membrane of the tongue, the lips, the cheeks, and the fauces."
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The mucous membranes become dry and insensitive, especially those of the fauces.
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The tonsils are lodged in the fauces at the sides of the root of the tongue.
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