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Answer for the clue "Laryngeal spasm caused by the sudden contraction of laryngeal muscles ", 11 letters:
laryngismus

Word definitions for laryngismus in dictionaries

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n. laryngeal spasm caused by the sudden contraction of laryngeal muscles

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Laryngismus \Lar`yn*gis"mus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. laryggismo`s a croaking. See Larynx .] (Med.) A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening.

Usage examples of laryngismus.

The conditions in which bromides are most frequently used are insomnia, epilepsy, whooping-cough, delirium tremens, asthma, migraine, laryngismus stridulus, the symptoms often attendant upon the climacteric in women, hysteria, neuralgia, certain nervous disorders of the heart, strychnine poisoning, nymphomania and spermatorrhoea.