larynx

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, as it houses the vocal cords, sound production.

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larynx larynges larynxes

Borrowed from New Latin larynx, from Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx, “larynx; windpipe; gullet, throat”).

voice box

laryngeal pharynx syrinx

endolarynx hyolarynx laryngo- laryng- microlarynx presbylarynx

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