Synonyms for "epiglottis"

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Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

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cartilaginous structure

Related terms

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glottis

derived

6 entries

epiglottalepiglotticepiglottideanepiglottidectomyepiglottitisepiglotto

derived from

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epiglottis

has context

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anatomy

is a

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anatomical structurecartilagecartilaginous structureportal coveringsheet of substance

part of

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trachea

related to

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cartilaginousglottishomo sapiensspeech organterrestrialtracheavertebrate

Translations

41 translations across 29 languages.

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Arabic

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• لسان المزمار noun (cartilaginous organ)
• لِسَان اَلْمِزْمَار noun (cartilaginous organ)

Armenian

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• կատիկ noun (cartilaginous organ)
• մակալեզու noun (cartilaginous organ)
• մակալեզվակ noun (cartilaginous organ)

Catalan

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• epiglotis noun (cartilaginous organ)

Chinese Mandarin

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• 會厭 /会厌 noun (cartilaginous organ)

Czech

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• hrtanová příklopka noun (cartilaginous organ)

Dutch

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• epiglottis noun (cartilaginous organ)
• strotklep noun (cartilaginous organ)

Finnish

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• kurkunkansi noun (cartilaginous organ)

French

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• épiglotte noun (cartilaginous organ)

German

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• Epiglottis noun (cartilaginous organ)

Greek

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• επιγλωττίδα noun (cartilaginous organ)

Hungarian

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• gégefedő noun (cartilaginous organ)

Icelandic

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• barkakýlislok noun (cartilaginous organ)
• barkalok noun (cartilaginous organ)
• speldi noun (cartilaginous organ)

Ido

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• epigloto noun (cartilaginous organ)

Indonesian

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• epiglotis noun (cartilaginous organ)

Japanese

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• 会厭 noun (cartilaginous organ)
• 喉頭蓋 noun (cartilaginous organ)

Kazakh

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• бөбешік noun (cartilaginous organ)

Korean

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• 후두개 noun (cartilaginous organ)

Latvian

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• uzbalsenis noun (cartilaginous organ)

Māori

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• kōpani noun (cartilaginous organ)

Northern Kurdish

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• zimanê kirkiragê noun (cartilaginous organ)
• zimanê zûrnayî noun (cartilaginous organ)

Norwegian Bokmål

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• epiglottis noun (cartilaginous organ)
• strupelokk noun (cartilaginous organ)

Polish

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• nagłośnia noun (cartilaginous organ)

Portuguese

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• epiglote noun (cartilaginous organ)

Russian

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• надгорта́нник noun (cartilaginous organ)

Spanish

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• epiglotis noun (cartilaginous organ)

Swedish

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• epiglottis noun (cartilaginous organ)
• struplock noun (cartilaginous organ)

Tagalog

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• harang-pasadila noun (cartilaginous organ)

Thai

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• ฝากล่องเสียง noun (cartilaginous organ)

Turkish

3 entries

• epiglot noun (cartilaginous organ)
• epiglottis noun (cartilaginous organ)
• gırtlak kapağı noun (cartilaginous organ)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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My epiglottis is full of bees!

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