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Oropharyngeal

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adj. Of or pertaining to both the mouth and the pharynx

adj. Of or pertaining to the oropharynx

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of or pertaining to the oropharynx.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. of or relating to or located near the oropharynx

Word Usage

"But it can cause cancer in the upper throat, too, and a new study says HPV-positive tumors now account for a majority of these cases of what is called oropharyngeal cancer."

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