a. [f. mod.L. epiglōttide-us (f. Gr. ἐπιγλωττιδ-, stem of ἐπιγλωττίς EPIGLOTTIS) + -AN.] = EPIGLOTTIC.
1840. G. V. Ellis, Anat., 268. A mass of yellowish fat, named the epiglottidean gland.
1844. J. Wilkinson, trans. Swedenborg’s Anim. Kingd., II. ii. 39. There are also glands termed arytænoid and epiglottidean.
