cricoid

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Pronunciation

• accent RP IPA: /ˈkɹʌɪ.kɔɪd/
• accent GA IPA: /ˈkɹaɪ.kɔɪd/

Adjective

cricoid

1. (anatomy) Of, relating to, or being a cartilage of the larynx with which arytenoid cartilages articulate.

   cricoid cartilage

Noun

cricoid (plural cricoids)

1. (anatomy) The ring-shaped cartilage (cricoid cartilage) of the larynx.
   • 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill 1972, p. 81:

     What luck that Mr. Romeo still gripped and twisted and cracked that crooked cricoid as X-rayed by the firemen and mountain guides in the street.

Translations

• French: cricoïde

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