faucalize (English, verb)
expansion: faucalize (third-person singular simple present faucalizes, present participle faucalizing, simple past and past participle faucalized)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
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sciences
glosses: To simultaneously contract the palatoglossus and palatopharyngeus muscles, which have the effects of: vertically expanding and laterally constricting the pharyngeal cavity, of constricting the oropharyngeal isthmus, and of raising the pharynx relative to the larynx.
Forms:
form: faucalizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: faucalizing
tags: participle
present
form: faucalized
tags: participle
past
form: faucalized
tags: past