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Faucial

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fau·ces  (fôsz)
pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
The passage from the back of the mouth to the pharynx, bounded by the soft palate, the base of the tongue, and the palatine arches.

[Middle English, from Latin faucs.]

faucal (-kl), faucial (-shl) adj.


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On examination with a Jackson laryngoscope, there were no mucosal abnormalities, but a generalized fullness of the left piriform sinus and vallecula was observed, as well as some fullness of the lingual tonsils and faucial pillars.
A diagnosis of faucial diphtheria, with a strong possibility of laryngeal diphtheria, was made.
The primary tumor is usually identified in the base of the tongue, in the lingual tonsil, or in the faucial tonsil region.
 
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