Crossword-Solution: GLOTTIS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Glottis | n. | The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx. |
We have 10 clues for the answer “GLOTTIS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Laryngeal opening (7) | 1 answer |
| Larynx opening | 1 answer |
| Larynx part | 1 answer |
| Location of the human vocal folds | 1 answer |
| Opening between the vocal cords | 1 answer |
| Space between the vocal cords. | 1 answer |
| the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated | 1 answer |
| vocal cord opening | 1 answer |
| Throat part | 5 answers |
| Voice part | 6 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with GLOTTIS (5)
There are two cases mentioned in which children playing with toy balloons, which they inflated with their breath, have, by inspiration, reversed them and drawn the rubber of the balloon into the opening of the glottis, causing death.
After the recovery of his body it was seen that his false teeth were impacted at the anterior opening of the glottis, and it was presumed that the shock caused by the plunge into the cold water had induced a violent and deep inspiration which carried the teeth to the place of impaction.
Perrin reports a case of an old man of eighty-two who lost his life from the impaction of a small piece of meat in the trachea and glottis.
The mechanism of this rare and fatal form of injury has been very aptly described by Gosselin as due to a sudden pressure exerted on the thoracic wall at the moment of full inspiration, there being a spasm of the glottis or obstruction of the larynx, in consequence of which the lung bursts.
There was evidently paralysis of the optic nerve and of the oculomotor muscles; and the muscles of the glottis were also in some manner deprived of motion.
Quotes with GLOTTIS (1)
I also think pronunciation of a foreign tongue could be better taught than by demanding from the pupil those internal acrobatic feats that are generally impossible and always useless. This is the sort of instruction one receives: 'Press your tonsils against the underside of your larynx. Then with the convex part of the septum curved upwards so as almost but not quite to touch the uvula try with the tip of your tongue to reach your thyroid. Take a deep breath and compress your…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, LAT, NY Sun, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 8 times in crossword archives (1952–2022).