Laryngeal: alternatives and connections

either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached

Ladle-shaped; -- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartil…

either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached

An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy.

Strong pinchers or forceps.

A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.

A pair of long-beaked forceps.

The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery.

Resembling a ring; -- said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx, and the adjoining parts.

An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp.,…

A forceps or instrument for extracting substances.

The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig.

Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps.

Like a pair of forceps; as, a forcipated mouth.

Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.

The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.

A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in utterin…

The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup.