EPIPHARYNX

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 35

(Lat.), n. f. E2p-i2f'a2r(a3r)-i2n2x(un2x). Gen., epipharyn'gos (-is). From eiri, upon, and apuyf, the pharynx. Fr., tpipharynx. A median, fleshy lobe which overhangs the oral aperture of certain insects, acting as a valve to close the pharynx. [L, 11, 41, 180.] [s. 731]