cricoid
pertaining to a ring-shaped cartilage at the lower part of the larynx.
the cricoid cartilage.
Origin of cricoid
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Shows the thyroid cartilage above and the cricoid below both viewed from the side.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking | Wesley MillsTo this last statement the thyroid and cricoid cartilages and the epiglottis are exceptions, being single.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking | Wesley MillsThe 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.
The Child-Voice in Singing | Francis E. Howard
British Dictionary definitions for cricoid
/ (ˈkraɪkɔɪd) /
of or relating to the ring-shaped lowermost cartilage of the larynx
this cartilage
Origin of cricoid
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