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PROBABLE(law)
PROBABLE CAUSE(law)
probable(dictionary)
probable 2, noun(dictionary)
probable 1, adjective(dictionary)
cavitas(medicine)
cavitas medullaris(medicine)
cavitas pericardialis(medicine)
cavitas pharyngis(medicine)

cavitas pharyngis (medicine) and probable (iou)


cavitas pharyngis (medicine)


cavitas pharyngis -->
cavity of pharynx


It consists of a nasal part (nasopharynx) continuous anteriorly with the nasal cavity and receiving the openings of the auditory tubes, an oral part (oropharynx) opening through the fauces into the oral cavity, and a laryngeal part (laryngopharynx) leading into the vestibule of the larynx and to the oesophagus.

Synonym: cavitas pharyngis, cavum pharyngis.


probable (iou)



probable adjective & noun. LME.
[(Old & mod. French from) Latin probabilis provable, credible, from probare PROVE verb: see -ABLE.]
A. adjective.
Worthy of acceptance or belief; (of a person) worthy of approval or trust. Also, plausible, specious. LME-L19.
Able to be proved; demonstrable, provable. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
Having an appearance of truth or fact; that may reasonably be expected to happen or be the case; likely. Also with impers. it, foll. by that. LME.
F. Smyth The problem of fixing the probable time of death. J. G. Ballard It seems probable that the kidnappers intended to shoot..us.
Special collocations: probable cause (now US Law) reasonable cause or grounds (for making a search, preferring a charge, etc.). probable error Statistics the difference between the mean of a distribution and the first or third quartiles, i.e. an error of such a magnitude that larger and smaller errors are equally likely (now largely superseded by the standard error).
b. noun.
A probable event or circumstance. M-L17.
A person who will probably, though not certainly, be successful; a likely candidate, competitor, etc.; spec. a member of the supposedly stronger team in a trial match. E20.
Military. An aircraft recorded as probably shot down; a submarine probably destroyed. M20.
probableness noun LME.