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Thyroid cartilage   /θˈaɪrɔɪd kˈɑrtələdʒ/   Listen
Thyroid cartilage

noun
1.
The largest cartilage of the larynx.  Synonym: Adam's apple.





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"Thyroid cartilage" Quotes from Famous Books



... like a protecting shield, fully six inches above the top of his head, they will find it difficult to show how, unless projectiles travel in sharp curves or angles, a man in this position could thus receive a wound directly beneath his chin, a wound so slight as not to penetrate the thyroid cartilage immediately ...
— The Darrow Enigma • Melvin L. Severy


Words linked to "Thyroid cartilage" :   Adam's apple, voice box, larynx, cartilage, gristle


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