Usually means: Nerve associated with tongue, throat.
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  1. glossopharyngeal: Merriam-Webster
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  3. glossopharyngeal: Wordnik
  4. glossopharyngeal: Wiktionary
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  7. Glossopharyngeal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Glossopharyngeal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. glossopharyngeal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. glossopharyngeal: Rhymezone
  11. Glossopharyngeal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. glossopharyngeal: FreeDictionary.org
  13. glossopharyngeal: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. glossopharyngeal: Encyclopedia

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  1. glossopharyngeal: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (glossopharyngeal)

adjective:  (anatomy, relational) Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx.
noun:  (neuroanatomy) Ellipsis of glossopharyngeal nerve.. [(neuroanatomy) Either of the ninth pair of cranial nerves which are mixed nerves that exit the brainstem from the sides of the upper medulla oblongata, carry afferent sensory and efferent motor information, and supply the pharynx, posterior tongue, and parotid gland.]

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