Definitions for larynx

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larynx lar·ynx

Spelling: [lar-ingks]

IPA: /ˈlær ɪŋks/

Larynx is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in larynx (alnrxy).

Definitions for larynx

noun

1. Anatomy. a muscular and cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cords are located.
2. Zoology. a similar vocal organ in other mammals. a corresponding structure in certain lower animals.

Origin of larynx

1570-80; New Latin Greek lárynx

Examples for larynx

The bullet tore through my voice box and larynx before lodging itself in my trapezius.

Are the mucous membranes of the mouth, throat and larynx ever involved?

Showing diplomatic grace after the incident, she joked: “I broke my elbow, not my larynx.”

This is caused by ulcers on the posterior wall of the larynx.

That is, the lowering of the larynx and the raising of the soft palate.

The organ by which the singing-voice is produced is the larynx.

The larynx, in the production of sound, may be compared to an organ-pipe.

So the most direct route from the brain to the larynx was now not south of that artery.

Yet this wonderful appliance had neither tongue nor teeth, larynx nor pharynx.

Thus the opening from the larynx into the pharynx is closed.