"Of or relating to the cricoid cartilage and the pharynx; specifically designating or relating to the part of the inferior constrictor muscle of the pharynx that originates from the cricoid cartilage", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Garth Wilkinson (1812–1899), Swedenborgian writer and homoeopath. After post-classical Latin cricopharyngaeus.[cricopharyngeal etymology, cricopharyngeal origin, 英语词源]