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Clovis (iou) and Retropharyngeal space (medicine)


Clovis (iou)



Clovis adjective. M20.
[See below.]
Designating a prehistoric culture first found near Clovis in eastern New Mexico, USA, or its remains, esp. the typical stone projectile points with fluting at the base, which are earlier than the Folsom points (see FOLSOM).

Retropharyngeal space (medicine)


retropharyngeal space


That part of the peripharyngeal spatium located posterior to the pharynx. In the normal adult it measures 4 mm (at C3 level), but is considered abnormal when greater than 7 mm.

Can be icreased with a cervical spine fracture, retropharyngeal abscess.

Synonym: spatium retropharyngeum, postpharyngeal space.