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cricoid
[ krahy-koid ]
adjective
- pertaining to a ring-shaped cartilage at the lower part of the larynx.
noun
- the cricoid cartilage.
cricoid
/ ˈkraɪkɔɪd /
adjective
- of or relating to the ring-shaped lowermost cartilage of the larynx
noun
- this cartilage
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Origin of cricoid1
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Example Sentences
Shows the thyroid cartilage above and the cricoid below both viewed from the side.
To this last statement the thyroid and cricoid cartilages and the epiglottis are exceptions, being single.
The wound is enlarged as far upwards as the cricoid, bleeding being arrested with the mixture just described.
The cricoid cartilage, which forms the upper part of the framework of the larynx, rests on the "Adam's apple."
The thyroid is first affected, then the cricoid, and the arytenoids much later.
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