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cricoid
CIDE DICTIONARY
cricoid, a. [Gr. ring + -oid.].
Resembling a ring; -- said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx, and the adjoining parts. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cricoid, adj. & n.
--adj. ring-shaped.
--n. (in full cricoid cartilage) Anat. the ring-shaped cartilage of the larynx.
--adj. ring-shaped.
--n. (in full cricoid cartilage) Anat. the ring-shaped cartilage of the larynx.
Etymology
mod.L cricoides f. Gk krikoeides f. krikos ring
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