laryngismus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin laryngismus, from the Ancient Greek λαρυγγισμός (larungismós, “a croaking”), from λάρυγξ (lárunx), whence larynx.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /læɹɪnˈd͡ʒɪzməs/
Noun
laryngismus (uncountable)
- (medicine) A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening; laryngospasm.
Related terms
- laryngismal
Translations
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for laryngismus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)