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larynx

[ US /ˈɫɛɹɪŋks/ ]
[ UK /lˈæɹɪŋks/ ]
NOUN
  1. a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech

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  • Cancer of various organs, not only the lung, but also the larynx, bladder and oesophagus.
  • What Chinese traditional medicine has profit to and larynx?
  • The extrinsic muscles of the larynx control the degree of tension on the vocal cords, and the intrinsic muscles regulate the glottis.
  • If rain falls into the bird's mouth, theoretically it could sluice down the windpipe past the larynx and into the lungs.
  • It becomes as necessary, therefore, in the performance of surgical operations upon the subclavian artery, to fix the clavicle by depressing it, as in Plate 8, as it is to give fixity to the lower maxilla and larynx, in the position of Plate 7, when the carotid is the subject of operation. Surgical Anatomy
  • Nevertheless, the immense size of its larynx or thropple, which William dissected out and brought with him to England, seems to indicate vast powers of voice in this animal; but I am at a loss to conjecture why it should be provided either with this unusual capability of "blaring," or with the exceedingly strong whiskers that arm its muzzle, organs which, though nominally of little or no importance except in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 367, April 25, 1829
  • _Endoscopic evisceration of the larynx_ will cure a few cases of laryngeal cicatricial stenosis, and should be tried before resorting to laryngostomy. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
  • Carcinoma of the larynx is a rare malignancy in the paediatric age group.
  • An infected mucous membrane, especially of the tongue, nose and larynx, commonly becomes ulcerated.
  • Site-specific increases were noted for cancers of the breast, stomach, lung/larynx, and ovary.
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