Path. [mod. L. laryngismus, f. laryng-, LARYNX. Gr. λαρυγγισμός had the sense of shouting, f. λαρυγγίζειν (f. λάρυγξ larynx) to shout.] Spasm of the muscles closing the larynx; laryngic suffocation.
1822–34. Good’s Study Med. (ed. 4), I. 460. In spasmodic laryngismus the constriction commences in the larynx.
1897. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., III. 111. In these cases laryngismus is a constant accompaniment.
Hence Laryngismal a., of or pertaining to laryngismus.
1880. Encycl. Brit., XI. 390/2. Tracheotomy in laryngismal epilepsy.
