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咽
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Definitions
- 1. to swallow
Words Containing 咽
to swallow
to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)
to sob
laryngopharynx
prepharynx (biology)
to die
to sob
cancers of the nose and throat
lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom)
Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yān] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gǔ shì] of the middle ear)
pharynx
to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
dysphagia (medicine)
to swallow
dysphagia (medicine)
throat
ear nose and throat
isthmus of the fauces
to choke with emotion
to eat slowly (idiom)
pharyngitis
angina
nose and throat