Crossword-Solution: EPIGLOTTIS
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Epiglottis | n. | A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| EPIGLOTTIS | anagram | PIGELOTTIS |
We have 7 clues for the answer “EPIGLOTTIS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| CARTILAGE at back of throat | 1 answer |
| COVERING preventing food and fluids from entering larynx and trachea | 1 answer |
| ELASTIC cartilage at back of throat | 1 answer |
| Flap at the back of the mouth | 1 answer |
| THROAT, cartilage at back of the | 1 answer |
| Larynx protector | 2 answers |
| Part of the throat. | 5 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
EMECAZ
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with EPIGLOTTIS (5)
Anomalies of the Epiglottis.--Morgagni mentions a man without an epiglottis who ate and spoke without difficulty.
Instances of duplication of the epiglottis attended with a species of double voice possess great interest.
The epiglottis during the production of the highest notes rises upward and backward against the posterior pharyngeal wall in such a way as almost entirely to separate the pharyngeal cavities, at the same time that it gives an unusual conformation to those resonant chambers." Complete absence of the eyes is a very rare anomaly.
The epiglottis, larynx, and pharynx, in fact the surrounding structures were normal, and articulation, which was at first lost, became fairly distinct, and deglutition was never interfered with.
The razor had passed through the glosso-epiglottidean fold, a tip of the epiglottis, and through the pharynx down to the spinal column.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1969–2001).