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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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"Fauces" Quotes from Famous Books

... very wet seasons, when the leeches appear in incredible numbers; and the disease in the cattle, described to me by the Lepchas as in the stomach, in no way differs from what leeches would produce. It is a well-known fact, that these creatures have lived for days in the fauces, nares, and stomachs of the human subject, causing dreadful sufferings, and death. I have seen the cattle feeding in places where the leeches so abounded, that fifty or sixty were frequently together on my ankles; and ponies are almost maddened by their biting the ...

— Himalayan Journals (Complete) • J. D. Hooker

... the plate had been driven down his throat, but nothing was palpable either in the fauces or on external examination of the neck. He spoke distinctly, but there was dysphagia as far ...

— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins

Words linked to "Fauces" : faucal, passageway