After Tom came to learn that he was suffering from laryngeal cancer, his vocal cords were removed, and he now breathes through a hole in his throat.
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Laryngeal
//ləˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl//
Synonyms for "laryngeal" (32 found)
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Strong matches (9)
Related words (16)
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46 translations across 20 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- կոկորդային adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- կոկորդային noun (laryngeal sound)
- կոկորդային noun (reconstructed consonant)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гръкля́нен adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- гръкля́нов adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- гръкля́нен звук noun (laryngeal sound)
- ларинга́л noun (reconstructed consonant)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 喉的 adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- 喉頭的 /喉头的 adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- 喉音 noun (laryngeal sound)
Czech
3 entries- hrtanový adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- laryngální adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- laryngála noun (reconstructed consonant)
French
3 entries- laryngien adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- laryngique adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- laryngé adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
Galician
1 entries- larínxeo adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
German
4 entries- Kehlkopf adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- kehlkopflich adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- Kehlkopflaut noun (laryngeal sound)
- Laryngal noun (reconstructed consonant)
Greek
1 entries- λαρυγγικός adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
Irish
1 entries- laraingeach adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
Italian
3 entries- laringico adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- laringale noun (reconstructed consonant)
- suono laringale noun (laryngeal sound)
Japanese
1 entries- 喉頭の adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
Latin
2 entries- laryngeālis adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- laryngicus adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
Polish
3 entries- krtaniowy adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- laryngalny adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- laryngał noun (reconstructed consonant)
Portuguese
4 entries- laringal adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- laríngeo adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- laringal noun (laryngeal sound)
- laringeal noun (reconstructed consonant)
Russian
4 entries- горта́нный adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- ларингеа́льный adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- горта́нный звук noun (laryngeal sound)
- ларинга́л noun (reconstructed consonant)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- gr̀kljanskī adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
- lȁringālan adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
Slovak
1 entries- hrtanový adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
Spanish
1 entries- laríngeo adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
Turkish
1 entries- gırtlakçıl adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
Volapük
1 entries- larinik adj (of or pertaining to larynx)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
At sight of it there commenced a series of laryngeal spasms, with clutchings at his throat, far more violent than any I had heretofore seen.
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The vowel-coloring effects of the IH laryngeals cannot be considered apart from the vowel-reducing effect of the IH stress accent[…]
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[…]it is not only different from Buck's in the linguistics (laryngeals have seen to that); it is very different in scope and aim.
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