a. and sb. Anat. and Surg. Also 9 laringeal. [f. mod.L. larynge-us (f. laryng-, LARYNX) + -AL.]

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  A.  adj. Of or pertaining to the larynx; e.g., laryngeal muscle, nerve. Of a disease: Affecting or seated in the larynx. Of an instrument: Used in treating or examining the larynx.

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1795.  Haighton, in Phil. Trans., LXXXV. 198. The eighth pair of nerves communicates energy to the larynx by means of the laryngeal branch.

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1854.  Bushnan, in Circ. Sci. (c. 1865), I. 282/1. The superior laryngeal nerve.

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1861.  T. J. Graham, Pract. Med., 179. Constituting what … is frequently spoken of as laringeal phthisis.

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1871.  Darwin, Desc. Man, II. xviii. 276. The male gorilla … when adult is furnished with a laryngeal sack.

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1880.  M. Mackenzie, Dis. Throat & Nose, I. 235. The patient may be directed to practise on himself … with the laryngeal mirror.

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1881.  Mivart, Cat, 229. There are no less than eight pairs of laryngeal muscles.

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1897.  Allbutt’s Syst. Med., IV. 791. The chief remedy is the application of astringents to the cords by means of the laryngeal brush.

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  B.  sb. A laryngeal nerve or artery.

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  In some mod. Dicts.

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  So Laryngean a. [see -AN.] = LARYNGEAL.

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1828.  in Webster. Hence in mod. Dicts.

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