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Treatment of an allergy affecting air passage
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laryngeal
Word definitions for laryngeal in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Laryngeal may mean pertaining to the larynx in Indo-European linguistics, a consonant postulated in the laryngeal theory in phonetics, an alternate term for glottal sounds.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1795, from medical Latin laryngeus , from Greek larynx (see larynx ) + English -al (1).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to or situated in the larynx; "laryngeal infection"
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Laryngeal \Lar`yn*ge"al\, a. [From Larynx .] Of or pertaining to the larynx; adapted to operations on the larynx; as, laryngeal forceps.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to a larynx or larynges. n. 1 (context phonetics English) A laryngeal sound, a sound uttered by using the larynx. 2 (context Indo-European linguistics English) In Proto-Indo-European, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants ...
Usage examples of laryngeal.
It appeared, according to the visiting laryngologist, that there was paresis of the vocal fold from damage to either the recurrent laryngeal nerve or from mechanical dislocation of a cricoarytenoid joint.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION The production of extraperceptual auditory stimuli involves manipulation of the laryngeal musculature in a manner that generates overtones well above the 20 000 cycles per second (cps) limit for conscious reception Bene Gessent training enables adepts to control the thyro-arytenoid vocalis and cncothyroid muscles so as to intentionally regulate vocal quality in a man ner that generated specific frequencies with in the 25,000-35,000 cps range Normal phonation, caused by tension of the vocal folds to effect condensations and rarefactions of the airstream, operates within a range of 500 to 4,000 cps, with random and only partially controlled overtones .
He snapped it open and had it against the man's throat in a matter of seconds, just above the cartilage of the laryngeal prominence and below the floating hyoid bone.
But I noticed almost immediately that there was extensive damage to the laryngeal structures, especially the hyoid bone, which in both cases was fractured.
His hand also pulped the thyroid cartilage and crushed the laryngeal branch of the vital vagus nerve.