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fauces

noun as in throat

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Example Sentences

The mucous membranes become dry and insensitive, especially those of the fauces.

I believe I have more colds, principally seated on the mucous membranes of the lungs, fauces, and cavities of the head.

Extremely emaciated; his tongue and fauces covered with apthous crusts, and his appetite gone.

Hence the fauces should be freely sprayed with a 5% solution of cocaine.

A good gargle for scurvy of the fauces and pharynx, vulgarly called the inward scurvy.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fauces, such as: esophagus, larynx, gorge, gullet, maw, and passage.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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