nasopharyngeal airway
nasopharyngeal airway (nay-zoh-fă-rin-ji-ăl) n. a curved tube to be slotted down one nostril of an unconscious patient, to sit behind the tongue, to create a patent airway. See also oropharyngeal airway.
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