Fauces

[fɔ:si:z]

Definition

(noun.) the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx.

Editor: Rae--From WordNet

Definition

(n.pl.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils.

(n.pl.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.

(n.pl.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.

(pl. ) of Faux

Typist: Waldo

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. pl. [L.] Posterior part of the mouth.

Checker: Polly

Definition

n.pl. the upper part of the throat from the root of the tongue to the entrance of the gullet.—adj. Fau′cal produced in the fauces as certain Semitic guttural sounds.

Edited by Lenore