cricoid

American  

[krahy-koid] / ˈkraɪ kɔɪd /

adjective

1. pertaining to a ring-shaped cartilage at the lower part of the larynx.

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noun

1. the cricoid cartilage.

cricoid British  

/ ˈkraɪkɔɪd /

adjective

1. of or relating to the ring-shaped lowermost cartilage of the larynx

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noun

1. this cartilage

Etymology

Origin of cricoid

1700–10; < New Latin cricoīdes < Greek krikoeidḗs ring-shaped. See circle, -oid

Example Sentences

Dr. Genden also transplanted the cricoid, cartilage cuffing the trachea, supplanting Ms. Sein’s completely destroyed cricoid.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2021

The thick cricoid cartilage forms a ring, with a wide posterior region and a thinner anterior region.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

To this last statement the thyroid and cricoid cartilages and the epiglottis are exceptions, being single.

From Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) by Mills, Wesley

Surgical Anatomy.—The œsophagus extends from the level of the cricoid cartilage to about the level of the lower end of the sternum.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

As shown by the author, it is the cricopharyngeal fold, and the inconceivably powerful pull of the cricopharyngeal muscle on the cricoid cartilage, that causes the difficulty.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier