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Webster 1913 Edition


Faucial

Fau′cial

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Adj.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to the fauces; pharyngeal.

Definition 2024


faucial

faucial

English

Adjective

faucial (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the fauces; pharyngeal.
    • 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘William Wilson’:
      I could find, indeed, but one vulnerable point […]; my rival had a weakness in the faucial or guttural organs, which precluded him from raising his voice at any time above a very low whisper.