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Webster 1913 Edition

larynx

lar′ynx

(lăr′ĭṉks; 277)
,
Noun.
[NL. from Gr.
λάρυγξ
,
λάρυγγος
.]
(Anat.)
The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis.
☞ In the framework of the human larynx, the thyroid cartilage, attached to the hyoid bone, makes the protuberance on the front of the neck known as Adam’s apple, and is articulated below to the ringlike cricoid cartilage. This is narrow in front and high behind, where, within the thyroid, it is surmounted by the two arytenoid cartilages, from which the vocal cords pass forward to be attached together to the front of the thyroid. See
Syrinx
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Larynx

LAR'YNX

,
Noun.
[Gr.] In anatomy, the upper part of the windpipe or trachea, a cartilaginous cavity, which modulates the voice in speaking and singing.

Definition 2024

larynx

larynx

English

Larynx

Noun

larynx ‎(plural larynges or larynxes)

  1. An organ of the neck of mammals involved in breath control, protection of the trachea and sound production, housing the vocal cords, and that is situated at the point where the upper tract splits into the trachea and the oesophagus/esophagus.

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French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λάρυγξ ‎(lárunx).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.ʁɛ̃ks/

Noun

larynx m ‎(plural larynx)

  1. larynx

Etymology

From Middle French larynx, from Ancient Greek λάρυγξ ‎(lárunx)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlæ.ɹɪŋks/

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