Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Larynx   /lˈɛrɪŋks/   Listen
Larynx

noun
(pl. larynges, larynxes)
1.
A cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech.  Synonym: voice box.






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Larynx" Quotes from Famous Books



... according to the condition of the patient! Had the cautious Sir PETER been in the kilt of his countryman Macbeth, he would never have exhibited an "admired disorder" on the appearance of Banquo with his larynx severed in two; not he—he would have called the wound a slight scratch, having narrowly looked into it, and immediately ordered the ghost ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various

... alternate use of Copaiva, Phosphorus and Macrotin, a dose given once in from three to six hours. If, however, there is soreness of the throat, redness and soreness of the tonsils, palate, and fauces, or soreness of the larynx, with hoarseness, Arum triphyllum and Hydrastus Can. are the surest remedies. They rarely ever fail of effecting a complete cure in a few days. They should be used three or four times a day. They may be used with the other medicines ...
— An Epitome of Homeopathic Healing Art - Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time • B. L. Hill

... des Deux Mondes which was lying on the table between an Imitation and an Almanach de Gotha, and spoke of a distinguished poet in a contemptuous tone, said he was going to the "conferences of Saint-Francis," complained of his larynx, swallowed from time to time a pellet of gummatum, and in the meantime kept talking about music, and played the part of the elegant trifler. Mademoiselle Cecile, M. Dambreuse's niece, who happened to be embroidering a pair of ruffles, ...
— Sentimental Education, Volume II - The History of a Young Man • Gustave Flaubert

... neutral stimulus, but placed it from twelve to fifteen inches away from the child. This resulted in very hard straining on her part, with all the signs of physical effort (explosive breathing sounds resulting from the setting of the larynx, rush of blood to the head, seen in the flushing of the face, etc.). The number of experiments in each series was intentionally made very small, from one to twelve, in order ...
— The Story of the Mind • James Mark Baldwin



Words linked to "Larynx" :   speech organ, voice box, vocal band, arytenoid cartilage, upper respiratory tract, vocal organ, cartilaginous structure, laryngeal vein, Adam's apple, vocal fold, vocal cord, organ of speech, thyroid cartilage, plica vocalis, laryngeal, arytenoid, glottis, vena laryngea, arytaenoid, arteria laryngea, laryngeal artery



Copyright © 2024 Free Translator.org