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noun

Fauces n. pl.

(Anat.) 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.

(Bot.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.

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

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... irritation and nocturnal cold sweats which had been long present with him considerably increased, along with a cough so severe as actually to produce vomiting of the black sputa. His tongue and fauces became so coated with the expectoration, that a stranger viewing the patient would have said that ...

— An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis • Archibald Makellar

Words linked to "Fauces" : faucal, passage