pharyngo-

Combining form of Gr., pharygx, the pharynx, the cavity with its enclosing mucous membrane and muscles situated behind and communicating with the nose. pharyngocele (far-in'go-sel). large ment of the An enpharynx in which an esophageal diverticulum pa es between the muscular fibers of the inferior constrictor muscle. [Gr., pharygx, pharynx, + kele, hernia.] pharyngolith (far-in'go-lith). careous concretion of the pharynx.A [Gr., calpharygx, pharynx, -flithos, a stone.]