- velopharyngeal
- 1. adjectivearticulated at the velopharynx.2. nouna velopharyngeal sound.See Also: pharyngeal
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velopharyngeal — Pertaining to the soft palate (velum palatinum) and the pharyngeal walls. * * * ve·lo·pha·ryn·geal .vē lō .far ən jē əl, fə rin j(ē )əl adj of or relating to the soft palate and the pharynx <velopharyngeal structures> * * *… … Medical dictionary
Velopharyngeal inadequacy — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|528.9 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = ent eMedicineTopic = 596 MeshID = D014681Velopharyngeal inadequacy (VPI) is a malfunction of a velopharyngeal… … Wikipedia
velopharyngeal adequacy — sufficient velopharyngeal closure so that air and hence sound cannot enter the nasopharyngeal and nasal cavities. Cf. velopharyngeal insufficiency … Medical dictionary
velopharyngeal insufficiency — inability to achieve velopharyngeal closure, due to muscular dysfunction, deficiency of the soft palate or superior constrictor muscle, cleft palate, or some other disorder; it often results in a speech disorder. Called also velopharyngeal… … Medical dictionary
velopharyngeal closure — closure of nasal air escape by the elevation of the soft palate and contraction of the posterior pharyngeal wall. See also under adequacy and under insufficiency … Medical dictionary
velopharyngeal incompetence — see under insufficiency … Medical dictionary
velopharyngeal seal — see under closure … Medical dictionary
VPG — velopharyngeal gap … Medical dictionary
VPO — velopharyngeal opening; vertical pendular oscillation … Medical dictionary
VPG — • velopharyngeal gap … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
