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" (38 found)
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3 entriesanatomical termmedical termphonetic term
More specific
8 entriesarytenoid cartilagecricoid cartilageglottal stoplaryngeal cancerlaryngeal edemalaryngitisvocal cordsvocal fold vibration
Collocations
6 entrieslaryngeal cancerlaryngeal cartilagelaryngeal examinationlaryngeal mucosalaryngeal muscleslaryngeal nerve
Inflections
2 entriesmore laryngealmost laryngeal
Derivations
5 entriesSample 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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