nasopharyngeal
adjective
na·so·pha·ryn·geal
ˌnā-zō-fə-ˈrin-j(ē-)əl 
-ˌfer-ən-ˈjē-əl,
-ˌfa-rən-
: of, relating to, or affecting the nose and pharynx or the nasopharynx
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If a specimen is taken from the nose, the method of testing is referred to as a nasopharyngeal swab.
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Sherry Christiansen Updated, Verywell Health, 3 Aug. 2023
Scientists eventually found more links between the virus and other cancers: nasopharyngeal cancer, stomach cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and other forms of lymphoma.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2022
UT Health San Antonio set up a makeshift testing site in UTSA’s athletic training room, Bellamy said, bringing a staff of four to six people twice weekly for nasopharyngeal PCR testing.
—Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Feb. 2021
These nasopharyngeal electrodes are able to get very close to the brain, and are sometimes used in the diagnosis of epilepsy.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
Another malignancy, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which affects the mucous membrane in the nose, can scar adjacent bone.
—George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2013
The virus has since been shown to increase the risk of Hodgkin lymphoma, as well as nasopharyngeal and stomach cancer.
—New York Times, 23 Feb. 2022
Travelers 12 and older to Antigua and Barbuda arriving by air must present a negative Covid-19-RT-PCR (real time polymerase chain reaction) test result, using a nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swab.
—CNN, 21 Apr. 2021
So did testing of two patients’ nasopharyngeal swabs, one patient’s blood, and one patient’s saliva.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 16 June 2022
Sherry Christiansen Updated, Verywell Health, 3 Aug. 2023
Scientists eventually found more links between the virus and other cancers: nasopharyngeal cancer, stomach cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and other forms of lymphoma.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2022
UT Health San Antonio set up a makeshift testing site in UTSA’s athletic training room, Bellamy said, bringing a staff of four to six people twice weekly for nasopharyngeal PCR testing.
—Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Feb. 2021
These nasopharyngeal electrodes are able to get very close to the brain, and are sometimes used in the diagnosis of epilepsy.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
Another malignancy, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which affects the mucous membrane in the nose, can scar adjacent bone.
—George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2013
The virus has since been shown to increase the risk of Hodgkin lymphoma, as well as nasopharyngeal and stomach cancer.
—New York Times, 23 Feb. 2022
Travelers 12 and older to Antigua and Barbuda arriving by air must present a negative Covid-19-RT-PCR (real time polymerase chain reaction) test result, using a nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swab.
—CNN, 21 Apr. 2021
So did testing of two patients’ nasopharyngeal swabs, one patient’s blood, and one patient’s saliva.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 16 June 2022
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nasopharyngeal
adjective
na·so·pha·ryn·geal
ˌnā-zō-fə-ˈrin-j(ē-)əl
-ˌfar-ən-ˈjē-əl
-ˌfar-ən-ˈjē-əl
: of, relating to, or affecting the nose and pharynx or the nasopharynx
nasopharyngeal cancer
nasopharyngeal secretions
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