laryngismus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. laryngospasm.

Pronunciation

/læɹɪnˈd͡ʒɪzməs/

Word forms

laryngismus

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin laryngismus, from the Ancient Greek λαρυγγισμός (larungismós, “a croaking”), from λάρυγξ (lárunx), whence also larynx. By surface analysis, laryng- + -ismus.

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