(glottis)

  • 11Glottis — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Arytenoid cartilage Caption2 = Glottis positions Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName = Glottis MeshNumber = A04.329.364 DorlandsPre = g 08… …

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  • 12Glottis — The middle part of the larynx; the area where the vocal cords are located. * * * The vocal apparatus of the larynx, consisting of the vocal folds of mucous membrane investing the vocal ligament and vocal muscle on each …

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  • 13Glottis — Glọt|tis 〈f.; , Glọt|ti|des; Anat.〉 Stimmritze im Kehlkopf [<grch. glottis] * * * Glọt|tis , die; , …ides […ide:s] [griech. glōtti̓s, eigtl. = Mundstück der Flöte]: a) aus den beiden Stimmbändern bestehendes Stimmorgan im Kehlkopf; b)… …

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  • 14glottis — UK [ˈɡlɒtɪs] / US [ˈɡlɑtɪs] noun [countable] Word forms glottis : singular glottis plural glottises or glottides medical the part of your throat where your larynx joins your pharynx, between your vocal cords …

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  • 15glottis — noun (plural glottises or glottides) Etymology: Greek glōttid , glōttis, from glōtta tongue more at gloss Date: 1578 the elongated space between the vocal cords; also the structures that surround this space compare epiglottis …

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  • 16glottis — glottidean /glo tid ee euhn, glaw /, adj. /glot is/, n., pl. glottises, glottides /glot i deez /. Anat. the opening at the upper part of the larynx, between the vocal cords. [1570 80; < NL < Gk (Attic) glottís, deriv. of glôtta tongue (Ionic&#8230; …

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  • 17Glottis — Glot|tis die; , Glọttides [...de:s] &LT;aus gleichbed. gr. glōttís, eigtl. »Mundstück der Flöte«&GT;: a) das aus den beiden Stimmbändern bestehende Stimmorgan im Kehlkopf; b) die Stimmritze zwischen den beiden Stimmbändern im Kehlkopf …

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  • 18glottis — [ glɒtɪs] noun the part of the larynx consisting of the vocal cords and the slit like opening between them. Derivatives glottic adjective Origin C16: mod. L., from Gk glōttis, from glōtta, var. of glōssa tongue …

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  • 19glottis — glot•tis [[t]ˈglɒt ɪs[/t]] n. pl. glot•tis•es, glot•ti•des [[t]ˈglɒt ɪˌdiz[/t]] anat. phn the opening at the upper part of the larynx, between the vocal cords • Etymology: 1570–80; &LT; NL &LT; Gk (Attic) glōttís, der. of glôtta tongue …

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  • 20glottis —   n. chink like space between the vocal cords.    ♦ glottal, a.    ♦ glottal stop, closure and sudden explosive opening of glottis; sound thus caused (as t in Lowland Scots).    ♦ glottic,    ♦ glottidean, a.    ♦ glottochronology n. Philology,&#8230; …

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