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

Place a finger on the Adam's apple, slide it down a little way, and the slight depression there met with locates the front opening, covered with yielding membrane, between the thyroid and cricoid cartilages.

From The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation by Miller, Frank E.

Thyroid and cricoid cartilages, side view 76 21.

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

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