larynx

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: lar=ynx

CIDE DICTIONARY

larynx, n. [NL. from Gr. la`rygx, la`ryggos.].

 The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis.  [1913 Webster]
" In the framework of the human larynx, the thyroid cartilage, attached to the hyoid bone, makes the protuberance on the front of the neck known as Adam's apple, and is articulated below to the ringlike cricoid cartilage. This is narrow in front and high behind, where, within the thyroid, it is surmounted by the two arytenoid cartilages, from which the vocal cords pass forward to be attached together to the front of the thyroid. See Syrinx."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

larynx, n. (pl. larynges) the hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cords in humans and other mammals.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk larugx -ggos

THESAURUS

larynx

alveolar ridge, alveolus, apex, arytenoid cartilages, back, blade, dorsum, hard palate, lips, nasal cavity, oral cavity, palate, pharyngeal cavity, pharynx, soft palate, speech organ, syrinx, teeth, teeth ridge, tip, tongue, velum, vocal chink, vocal cords, vocal folds, vocal processes, voice box

ROGET THESAURUS

larynx

Airpipe

N airpipe, air pipe, air tube, airhole, blowhole, breathinghole, venthole, shaft, flue, chimney, funnel, vent, nostril, nozzle, throat, weasand, trachea, bronchus, bronchia, larynx, tonsils, windpipe, spiracle, ventiduct, ventilator, louvre, jalousie, Venetian blinds, blowpipe, pipe, jhilmil, smokestack, screen, window screen, ' artificial lung, iron lung, heart and lung machine.