Crossword clues for laryngismus
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Laryngismus
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.
WordNet
laryngismus
n. laryngeal spasm caused by the sudden contraction of laryngeal muscles
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.