pharyngeal reflex
gag reflex | normal reflex consisting of retching, may be produced by touching the soft palate in the back of the mouth |
gill
branchia | respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water |
| external gill | occurs in some mollusks and in tadpoles and other immature amphibians |
gill slit
branchial cleft
gill cleft | one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes |
gill arch
branchial arch
gill bar | one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians |
| gill net | a flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills |
| slit | a long narrow opening |
| slit lamp | (ophthalmology) a lamp that emits a narrow but intense beam of light that enables an ophthalmologist, using a microscope, to view the retina and optic nerve |
| slit trench | narrow trench for shelter in battle |
pharyngeal vein
vena pharyngeus | veins from the pharyngeal plexus that empty into the internal jugular vein |
| visceral pleura | pleura that covers the lungs |
epicardium
visceral pericardium | the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium |
limbic system
visceral brain
limbic brain | a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior |
cunt
puss
pussy
slit
snatch
twat | obscene terms for female genitals |
pudendal cleft
urogenital cleft
rima pudendi
rima vulvae
pudendal cleavage
pudendal slit
vulvar slit | the fissure between the labia majora |
pharyngeal tonsil
adenoid
Luschka's tonsil
third tonsil
tonsilla pharyngealis
tonsilla adenoidea | a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx), hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids, enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children |
| pharyngeal recess | a small recess in the wall of the pharynx |
guttural
guttural consonant
pharyngeal
pharyngeal consonant | a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat |
crack
cleft
crevice
fissure
scissure | a long narrow opening |
| slit | a narrow fissure |
ground ivy
alehoof
field balm gill-over-the-ground
runaway robin
Glechoma hederaceae
Nepeta hederaceae | trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets, naturalized in North America, sometimes placed in genus Nepeta |
| gill fungus | a basidiomycete with gills |
gill
lamella | any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus |
| gill | a United States liquid unit equal to fluid ounces |
| gill | a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to fluid ounces or . cubic centimeters |
incision
scratch
prick
slit
dent | a depression scratched or carved into a surface |
| cleft | a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin) |
visceral leishmaniasis
kala-azar
Assam fever
dumdum fever | leishmaniasis of the viscera |
| cleft foot | a deformity in which the space between the third and fourth toes extends up into the foot |
cleft lip
harelip
cheiloschisis | a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip |
| cleft palate | a congenital fissure of the hard palate |
| slit | cut a slit into, slit the throat of the victim |
| slit slice | make a clean cut through, slit her throat |
abranchiate
abranchial
abranchious
gill-les | having no gills |
intuitive
nonrational
visceral | obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation |
cleft
dissected | having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib |
| branchial | of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills) |
visceral
splanchnic | relating to or affecting the viscera, visceral bleeding, a splanchnic nerve |
| pharyngeal | of or relating to the throat, pharyngeal fricatives |